I’ll be interviewing Governor Butch Otter Tuesday morning for my noon-hour radio show, and I’d like your input. What questions would you like to hear asked of the Gov? Please take a moment to post, if you would.
Here’s my take:
If the 2009 legislative session had been made into a TV movie, it would have had to have been a three-night miniseries.
And it would have been two nights too long.
But now that all the political theatre is over, we can do a post mortem. I think that Governor Otter spent a LARGE amount of his political capital on transportation, and it may come back to bite him. Hard. If a respectable, qualified, conservative Republican mounts a worthy primary campaign, the stars may be aligned for an upset. That, of course, is assuming the Governor will run again, which I think he will. (Though he’s seemed pretty grouchy through the whole session and I wouldn’t be wholly surprised if he bagged it.)
As for the Legislature. It was a tale of two cities, really. The Idaho House Republicans — though arguably a polarizing force — has rallied the conservative base to some degree. The rank-and-file told them to stick to their guns, and they did. The Senate? Hate to say it, but they appeared to simply be an extension of the Governor’s office this session. We often see the Senate as the dominant chamber, but they were quite the opposite this year.
Anyway — who do you believe emerged the victor in this legislative session?
Just as a reminder, here were some of the big issues this session:
Transportation funding, education funding, salary cuts for state employees, midwife licensure, election consolidation, state sovereignty. I’m sure there are others.
A penny for your thoughts.
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It WAS all he had to say about it!
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How’d the interview go Neal?
Victor? I don’t think there were any. I can say that the Governor looked very self centered as far as objectivness goes during this session.