Minnesota State of the State
What Others Are Saying about the Governor's Speech
Just in case you're wondering how the Governor's State of the State speech is faring among various news sources and bloggers, here's an annotated compendium:
Star Tribune — "...the old flaw remains: When something isn't performing well because it is underfunded, denying it money isn't likely to make it better. In education particularly, rewarding success won't remedy failure, at least not quickly, and the cost to society of persistent failure is intolerably high."
Pioneer Press — "Football trumped politics on State of the State day.... But the governor brought his best game to the joint gathering of the House and Senate at the Capitol. It is a changed place since the Republican governor last took the podium a year ago."
Rochester Post-Bulletin — Matt Stolle: "In other words, no amount of political harmonizing can hide the substantial political differences that are sure to be revealed as the session moves forward."
WCCO Reality Check — "Minnesota students are strong and test above average. They are more likely to graduate and test scores are among the highest in the nation. So what's the problem, as referred to in Gov.Tim Pawlenty's State of the State address? IN FACT, nothing, though that's not the message the governor shared."
Workday Minnesota — "Pawlenty’s near-death experience on election day has awakened him to what Minnesotans want," Eliot Seide, director of AFSCME Council 5.
Minnesota Central (blog) — "...we can all agree with Pawlenty when he said 'The state of our state is great, but we can make Minnesota even better,' but to do that we need a BOLD Governor 100% committed to being the Governor."
Polinaut (MPR blog) — "I couldn't help but notice that security seemed a lot lighter this year. I guess that's the difference between election yea rand the year after. There was also no big protest on the gay marriage issue. In fact in the post-election Capitol the social issues are entirely off the agenda this year. (That's a cue for a hot button debate to begin!)"
Residual Forces (blog) — "In my opinion, Pawlenty’s stances on Energy and health care are killing him with the conservative base in his party. I think his position on energy is right out of the liberal DFL playbook and an impending environmental and economic disaster, so if he is to get back into the good graces of his party he has got to find another issue to champion."
MNPACT! (blog) — Christopher Truscott: "However tentative, the governor has taken the first step toward moving Minnesota where it needs to be in the coming years. He deserves an 'A' for effort and a Legislature willing to meet him halfway. There's too much at stake to allow the animus of the last four years to stand in the way of future progress."
The text of the speech is here. What other bloggers are saying can be found here.
Just in case you're wondering how the Governor's State of the State speech is faring among various news sources and bloggers, here's an annotated compendium:
Star Tribune — "...the old flaw remains: When something isn't performing well because it is underfunded, denying it money isn't likely to make it better. In education particularly, rewarding success won't remedy failure, at least not quickly, and the cost to society of persistent failure is intolerably high."
Pioneer Press — "Football trumped politics on State of the State day.... But the governor brought his best game to the joint gathering of the House and Senate at the Capitol. It is a changed place since the Republican governor last took the podium a year ago."
Rochester Post-Bulletin — Matt Stolle: "In other words, no amount of political harmonizing can hide the substantial political differences that are sure to be revealed as the session moves forward."
WCCO Reality Check — "Minnesota students are strong and test above average. They are more likely to graduate and test scores are among the highest in the nation. So what's the problem, as referred to in Gov.Tim Pawlenty's State of the State address? IN FACT, nothing, though that's not the message the governor shared."
Workday Minnesota — "Pawlenty’s near-death experience on election day has awakened him to what Minnesotans want," Eliot Seide, director of AFSCME Council 5.
Minnesota Central (blog) — "...we can all agree with Pawlenty when he said 'The state of our state is great, but we can make Minnesota even better,' but to do that we need a BOLD Governor 100% committed to being the Governor."
Polinaut (MPR blog) — "I couldn't help but notice that security seemed a lot lighter this year. I guess that's the difference between election yea rand the year after. There was also no big protest on the gay marriage issue. In fact in the post-election Capitol the social issues are entirely off the agenda this year. (That's a cue for a hot button debate to begin!)"
Residual Forces (blog) — "In my opinion, Pawlenty’s stances on Energy and health care are killing him with the conservative base in his party. I think his position on energy is right out of the liberal DFL playbook and an impending environmental and economic disaster, so if he is to get back into the good graces of his party he has got to find another issue to champion."
MNPACT! (blog) — Christopher Truscott: "However tentative, the governor has taken the first step toward moving Minnesota where it needs to be in the coming years. He deserves an 'A' for effort and a Legislature willing to meet him halfway. There's too much at stake to allow the animus of the last four years to stand in the way of future progress."
The text of the speech is here. What other bloggers are saying can be found here.
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