SeattleTimes Editorial -- Gregoire's impressive performance

[Buck Turgidson]

From Puget Sound cleanup to jobs creation, Gov. Chris Gregoire has had a busy term, but what resonates most is the attention she's paying to education and children's health care — two issues with substantial value on the national political scene.

Gov. Gregoire is looking — dare I say it? — presidential.

I don't mean to start rumors or launch fantasies. The Democratic side of the 2008 race for the White House is more congested than a Nordstrom half-yearly sale. And, by all accounts, the governor is happy being governor.

Yet, I've been watching this woman preside ably over our state and my impression of her has gone from lukewarm to mightily impressed.

In the recent legislative session, the governor kicked in money to extend health care to an additional 38,500 low-income children who were not covered. It was a prescient and astute move considering Congress is set to reauthorize a federal program that insures low-income children who don't qualify for Medicaid.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003754491_lynne20.html

[eridani]

1. An able administrator for sure

However I wish she'd be bolder on health care.

[Buck Turgidson]

2. My fantasy...

Two terms of Hillary. Two terms of Christine.

[eridani]

3. No thanks on Hillary

More NAFTA, welfare "reform" and media consolidation we don't need. We already have enough unemployed programmers in this state, IMO.

In the case of Gregoire, it's just better to stick with an competent incumbent that's a known quantity instead of trying to knock her off in a primary with someone who may or may not turn out to be better on health care. Not at all worth the risk. If grassroots activists can mobilize enough visible support for universal health care, even someone as cautions as Gregoire would go along with it, so it's up to us.

[maxsolomon]

4. Oh yeah, she's awesome

she's really read WSDOT the riot act & done the right thing for the future of the seattle waterfront... :eyes:

if she wasn't a democrat there's no way in hell she'd get my vote.