Governor Green Jeans

Governor Pawlenty has (in case you haven't noticed) bought into the Global Warming hype hook, line and sinker. Using his pulpit as Chairman of the National Governor's Association he has instituted an initiative to broaden the nation's use of biofuels, regardless of whether they are best for the country or not! He has even gone so far (in defense of his initiative) to attack his fellow Republicans.

He’s hardly alone. At a summer’s gathering with reporters in Washington,
Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty seemed at a loss to explain how
Republicans in Washington could still be quibbling over the reality of global
warming when the party’s governors, including Pawlenty and California’s Arnold
Schwarzenegger, were passing groundbreaking legislation to combat it.

“The false premise of some of the critics is that you’ll wreck the economy,” Pawlenty said, a shot aimed mostly at his own Republican colleagues.

Well now Governor Green Jeans is set to launch (with the help of Governor Schwarzenegger and Georgia's Governor Sonny Perdue) a re-branding of Republicanism - a re-branding that will make Conservatives nauseous.

Fearing additional losses in 2008 among their own ranks, Republican
governors are trying to wrest control of the party’s re-branding campaign away
from their Washington brethren....

Next month, a small group of governors spearheading the effort will gather
in Atlanta to begin exploring new policy positions on energy, conservation,
education and health care that they believe are more attuned with public
concerns and doable at the legislative level.

The summit also will include a host of senior aides with expertise in policy, politics and communications who will be vital to translating the broad ideas into substantive legislative advances on the ground quickly.The tug of war between the party’s state and federal factions reflects continuing disagreement within the party about how to regain voter appeal and avoid another round of crushing Election Day losses.

What these governors don't seem to get is that the people WANT a candidate of principle. If you take a look at the 2006 elections, principled candidates like Michelle Bachmann won where other Republicans lost. Governor Pawlenty barely won because most of his base stayed home on election day! Every single one of the issues that these Governors are proposing are issues that are to the left of where a principled Republican would stand. They are proposing more spending on education, instead of accountable spending on education, "universal" health care - expanded S-CHIPS spending for people who are far from poor.

They are calling on "moderation" of ideals and principles instead of talking about principles and what is best for the country! Governor Green Jeans and his cohorts have shown that they don't care about anything other than winning elections. They don't care about the tax payers, they don't care about principles...all they care about is winning elections...to make sure they don't lose anymore Governors seats!

They are willing to sell out their principles and our wallets in order to retain and even gain power. Is that what you, as a voter, want? Or do you want a politician that stands (as Senator Paul Wellstone did) on his or her principles.