Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott has a 29% approval rating (already?)

[The_Trouvere]

also, why is this a Rep/Dem issue? this is an AMERICAN issue

wake up

Republicans like high unemployment because it relieves employers of the need to compete for employees. Consequently, economic growth goes to profits rather than pay increases.

 

[koalabear]

Seems he's horrible and loathed in his red state. 29% approval and a dismal 57% disapproval - even a 51% disapproval from other republicans. And he's making robo-calls in an non-election year because of it. These figures are usually reserved only for a politician who fucks his Argentinian mistress on the job.

And my Ohio Republican Gov Kasich is looking at a 33% approval/43% disapproval rating in the red state of Ohio. Recalls and referendum movements are pouring in on his unpopular policies. His Wisconsin-esque union-limiting law is drastically unpopular and voters are already backing its repeal.

http://flaglerlive.com/22544/gov-rick-scott-approval
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1284.xml?ReleaseID=1601&What=&strArea=;&strTime=9

So why are Republican governors so bad in Republican states?

Ohio and Florida both were blue states in the last Presidential election. Now California "Jerry Brown vetoes budget - Democrats 'dismayed'".

 

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[NeverEndingMe]

Republicans like high unemployment because it relieves employers of the need to compete for employees. Consequently, economic growth goes to profits rather than pay increases.

wow! just wow!

so no one enjoys the fun times of the dot com days, when one was making money, hand over fist. I get it

 

[NeverEndingMe]

Ohio and Florida both were blue states in the last Presidential election. Now California "Jerry Brown vetoes budget - Democrats 'dismayed'".

I can't wait to see the Magic of Jerry Brown, his last performance was destructive

 

[NeverEndingMe]

It's quite possible, but Democrats engaged in looting the treasury will have to be swept aside first.

well the Dem's have a plan for that. TAX THEM MORE!

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

Since when is breaking a contract the real world?

Crooks, thieves and fraudsters exist in the real world.

 

[KingOrfeo]

The really tragic thing is how damned close the 2010 gubernatorial election was. I keep thinking, if only I'd campaigned a little harder for Alex Sink, Florida might still be on-track for high-speed rail and everything . . .

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Ohio and Florida both were blue states in the last Presidential election. Now California "Jerry Brown vetoes budget - Democrats 'dismayed'".

No. Florida has one Democrat US Senator, a super majority GOP legislature, a GOP governor, and a GOP cabinet.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

It is not possible to cut government spending. It is unfortunate that Republican politicians have to keep learning that every ten or twenty years. The government grows in response to popular demand and felt need. That is why the government keeps growing. We can either pay for the government by hitting the rich hard with taxes, or by borrowing more money from Communist China.

The rich dont pay taxes, they buy tax-free municipal bonds and invest overseas.

 

[KingOrfeo]

No. Florida has one Democrat US Senator, a super majority GOP legislature, a GOP governor, and a GOP cabinet.

Nevertheless, Florida went for Obama in 2008. We're really a "purple" state. Politics are always close here. (Remember 2000?) Pubs usually but not always have a very slight edge (of course, in the legislature a "slight edge" can translate into lasting control). In 2010, the nationwide Tea Party backlash seems to have tipped the scales in the Florida elections. But you can't make any predictions based on that.

 

[NeverEndingMe]

The really tragic thing is how damned close the 2010 gubernatorial election was. I keep thinking, if only I'd campaigned a little harder for Alex Sink, Florida might still be on-track for high-speed rail and everything . . .

so true. not sure that I see value in a high speed rail system.

we need a leader that will skip the political bs game and focus on jobs

 

[KingOrfeo]

so true. not sure that I see value in a high speed rail system.

we need a leader that will skip the political bs game and focus on jobs

Big public-works projects always create jobs. There's probably guys in retirement homes now who spent every day for years, back in the 1950s and '60s, driving bulldozers and pouring concrete to build the Interstate Highway System.

As for the value of HSR once it's built, see here.

 

[mercury14]

I started tracking the articles re. the poll numbers. They all track back to one poll done by some Univ. in Conn.

I think I'll wait until the real pollsters do their job.

Ironically the same Univ. polled in Wis. and Ohio and gave those governors remarkably similar results based on questions heavily biased regarding teachers unions. Go figure.

Ishmael

Lol Quinnipiac is a major poll.

 

[mercury14]

Bullshit, Lefty Moonbeam out here vetoed the Democrat state budget. He must still see some fat.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-06-17/news/29668628_1_vetoes-budget-budget-plan-budget-strategy

Shocker here, but that's not what your link says at all. It says that the Dems cut 10.8 billion out of your state's budget (holy crap!), and that the veto was because he wants Repubs to compromise a little on taxes. Vette, I have no idea why you don't like this guy given the amount of cuts he's committed to. You finally have a gov that's sitting down and fixing your state.

 

[Sean Renaud]

He promised no new taxes without voter approval. It's a decent reason to hate on him. Hell I'm with the heads on a stick crowd here too.

However I'm confused. When the Bush Tax cuts were set to expire Obama keeping them where they were wasn't a tax cut, it was simply not a tax increase. Grey wants to keep taxes where they are instead of decreasing the taxes but that's being called tax increases.

Will Republicans please issue a Republican to English dictionary so I can keep up with the vast gulf between the words your using and what they mean?

 

[doctor_insanus]

And a richly-deserved 29% approval rating it is.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Another thing about Florida: It's a nice, warm place to die. Taxes are low, cost of living cheap compared to some states. Everybody retires here. And retirees in Florida often follow politics and vote -- what else have they got to do with their time? (Please, please don't answer that.)

Which means the political culture of the American generations currently in retirement plays a bigger-than-normal role in state politics here. And, some day not far in the future, once the GI and the Silent generations mostly die off . . . that will leave the Baby Boomers. Imagine the common room of every nursing home in the Sunshine State adorned with tie-dye hangings and blacklight posters . . . Jimi Hendrix on the PA system . . . the air thick with "incense" . . . What kind of state government are they going to elect?!

 

[NeverEndingMe]

Big public-works projects always create jobs. There's probably guys in retirement homes now who spent every day for years, back in the 1950s and '60s, driving bulldozers and pouring concrete to build the Interstate Highway System.

As for the value of HSR once it's built, see here.

true, but on a state wide rail system, I bet you 20-40 % of the workers and subs will be non us based. do we have the technology? if not we should

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

what are you talking about? the only jobs obama has created have been in government.

In reality he hasn't, the Constitution forbids him from doing so. Maybe he could add positions to his cabinet, but that's it.

You really should read the Constitution Jen. But hey, if you didn't make stuff up you'd have nothing to post about.

 

[NeverEndingMe]

In reality he hasn't, the Constitution forbids him from doing so. Maybe he could add positions to his cabinet, but that's it.

You really should read the Constitution Jen. But hey, if you didn't make stuff up you'd have nothing to post about.

bla bla bla, in reality he can help create jobs by freeing up money. by doing what the japs do for biz. we do not need anymore government jobs, we need private sector jobs.

its just that simple

now, there needs to be help (like google doing wind and solar), we also need fiber to the house.

once we get a big ass pipe into the home, watch out for the next technology boom and that will save america. hopefully obama can get out of the way

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

bla bla bla, in reality he can help create jobs by freeing up money. by doing what the japs do for biz. we do not need anymore government jobs, we need private sector jobs.

its just that simple

now, there needs to be help (like google doing wind and solar), we also need fiber to the house.

once we get a big ass pipe into the home, watch out for the next technology boom and that will save america. hopefully obama can get out of the way

Government can make an area favorable for business by educating the masses and creating infrastructure, but only private business can create jobs.

Still haven't changed your rely on the government for everything mentality, huh Jen?

 

[The_Trouvere]

The rich dont pay taxes, they buy tax-free municipal bonds and invest overseas.

We need to change that by squeezing them hard.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

We need to change that by squeezing them hard.

Only if they have nice asses.