I wanted to comment on McCarron’s piece from a couple weeks ago that suggests Liberals Got What They Wanted.
This liberal (generally) wanted Vallas because he would have dealt with long term structural problems unlike Blagorgeous running the damn state by press conference.
He’s also wrong on this:
Other progressives, perhaps despaired of reform at the state level, have absorbed themselves in the U.S. Senate campaign of Democrat Barack Obama. And why not? He looks like a winner and a highly principled man. Too bad he isn’t running for governor. He’d do more good here than in Washington, where he’ll be a back-bencher in the GOP-run gentlemen’s club that is the U.S. Senate.
All evidence points to a guy who can put together tough compromises like the taping of defendants in capital cases. The Senate is a small club and he’ll make quick headway–so go to the right and help him out!