Taft (R-OH Gov): 'I don't govern based on polls'

[stopbush]

Seems like this criminal got Rove's memo:



Article Publication Date: 10/7/2005
Taft: 'I don't govern based on polls'

No word on Dominion project, says governor
By MARK TODD

Staff Writer

MONROE TOWNSHIP - A happy event in Monroe Township brought Gov. Bob Taft no relief from questions about his plummeting approval rating among Ohio voters.

Taft came to the area Thursday morning for a ceremony to designate Conneaut Creek a wild and scenic river. Afterwards, he met with media, and one of the first questions dealt with the 15 percent approval rating among Ohioans - believed to be a record low for a Buckeye governor.

Asked if the approval rate could somehow cloud the wild river program, Taft’s many clean-water initiatives and his environmental legacy, he replied "That’s what the pundits will decide."

http://starbeacon.com/?MC=NEWS&NID=1&AID=9291

[SteppingRazor]

1. When people say they don't pay attention to polls...

You can bet anything that their poll numbers are in the tank.

[ugarte]

2. Why should he? In Ohio they don't even get elected based on elections

At least not fair ones.

[Turd Ferguson]

3. Considering how the polls look...

that's probably a good idea.

[Gman]

4. Oh yeah? If you don't, you're an idiot

But most likely you're a liar.

[bluestateguy]

5. At 15% you can't govern

He's just a figurehead and a seat warmer for the next Democratic governor.

[OzarkDem]

10. Actually he can

because in Ohio Republicans control all three branches of government. So even if he's incredibly unpopular, he can still do whatever he and his fellow R's wish - no one can stop them.

[calimary]

6. At the rate he's going it soon will be "I don't govern, PERIOD."

Maybe they're keeping him around to make bush's numbers look good. Which they actually do, by comparison.

[madmom]

7. that's rather obvious,cuz if he did...

he'd resign like everyone wants him to!

[rexcat]

8. The major issue with Taft...

is he does not know how to govern in the first place.

[cassiepriam]

9. Because it is one dollar, one vote in Ohio. Voters don't matter. nt

[Roland99]

11. That's what * says, too, but we see terror alerts when he tanks in polls.

What's Taft going to do to DUH-vert?

[truthisfreedom]

12. your quote is too long. it should read "i don't govern..."

[Blue_In_AK]

13. That's pretty funny

because it's exactly what our governor Frank Murkowski, the SECOND least popular governor, says too.