Gale Kaufman
Gale Kaufman
capital care engage process understand
Part of it is he doesn't have a lot of capital with his own party's leadership. Part of it is he just doesn't understand the process or care to engage in the process.
Why would they do that? They know he's failing.
destroying employees last public second sentence year
Last year he was adamant that public employees were destroying the planet. ... Now he's into infrastructure. Tell me how he got there? It's a long way from the first sentence to the second sentence.
campaign deal focus governor hard people percent points start whether
You can go up 2 points here or 3 points there and try to make a big deal about it. But when people actually focus in on whether this governor should be re-elected, only 37 percent say yes. That's a very hard place to start your re-election campaign from.
comments decide difficult figures judge seems time until
It's time for him to decide who he really is as governor. He seems to be having a very difficult time in doing that. And until he figures that out, it's really difficult to judge his comments and his actions.
anger base election governor holding worried
There is so much anger about the governor holding this election that we're not worried about turnout. We will get our base out.
based
This is based on a presumption that they actually know what was going on in the Capitol, and they don't.
election
This is the first election that's about him .
campaign election governor million money rest spending taxpayer voters
This governor is spending $80 million of taxpayer money on an election that voters resoundingly have said is unnecessary. That is the most important figure. The rest is campaign rhetoric.
care creates election issues money phony poll raise says voters
It's a phony election that he creates on issues that every poll says voters don't care about and he's complaining about having to raise money for it?
engage fashion hard people systematic ten
It's not hard to get bonds, if you do it in a systematic fashion and you actually engage people for more than ten minutes.
appealing both broad candidates classic defined fit
For a change, we actually have two candidates who have defined themselves, or are trying, as they go along. They don't fit into any classic pattern. They're appealing to more of a broad group, both of them.
looks number unclear
It looks to me like a lot of posturing is going on. A number of initiatives have been filed and counter-filed, so it's unclear how much of this makes it to the ballot.
broken governor naturally number since skeptical taking
Since taking office, the governor has broken a number of important promises. So while we're hopeful, we're naturally skeptical about what he says.