MaggieMae
Reality bits
- Apr 3, 2009
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If the Republicans want to win in 2012, they're going to have to run someone like Scarborough or they're toast.
Even I could vote for this guy, unless he's got some hidden agenda buried deep inside, or unless he starts bowing to corporate interests to the detriment of other domestic issues.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/opinion/25brooks.html?_r=1
Danielss speeches are backed up by his record. Since 2004, the 49 other states in the nation increased their debt levels by an average of 40 percent. Indiana has paid down its debt by 40 percent. Indiana received its first Triple-A bond rating in 2008, and now it is one of only nine states to have the highest rating from all three rating agencies.
At the same time, the business climate has improved significantly. Infrastructure spending is at record levels. The state has added jobs at twice the national average. For the first time in four decades, more people are moving in than moving out.
And he managed to do it without busting unions.