Pearson et al. discuss a possible sale of the lottery or other state assets. The concern to me is whether it is a short term revenue source that is created or if it is an ongoing revenue source to draw upon. All too often this administration has tried to keep taxes low by selling off assetts or other short terms solution without fixing the long term revenue problem.
That said, Meeks not running is most helpful in giving the Governor another plank to run upon. It boxes Judy in by essentially forcing her to promise not to raise sales or income taxex yet come up with a way to pay for what the Governor is proposing that regardless of the details, sounds good to many voters.