Saturday, 5 April 2008
Beshear Plays Limbo With His Approval Ratings
Democrats, on the verge of plummeting into the abyss, were pulled back by Stumbo. Even he realized that not passing a budget would fall squarely on their shoulders. He smartly decided to bypass leadership and strike a deal with the Senate to assure a budget before the end of the session.
All his good work may be for naught. Apparently Beshear is determined to jump into the the abyss. He is thinking about calling a special session to "raise revenue".
"If that trend continues I think you're going to find the General Assembly back up here because I'm going to bring them back up here and once again talk about raising some revenue," Beshear said during an impromptu news conference outside his office.
Now everyone knows that "raising revenue" is a euphemism for higher taxes. So really, Beshear is going to call a special session with the single goal of raising taxes. Not only is it a stupid idea, but one that is doomed to fail. The Senate has repeatedly said they aren't going to raise taxes. All a special session will do is waste money that could be used to pay for other government services. The fault for the failure will fall squarely on Beshear and his fellow Democrats.
I only have one question for Beshear as his approval rating will undoubtedly continue to tumble. How low can you go?
