'TOXIC' Democratic Governors are concerned about Arizona lawsuit - Category:Christian_Conservative_News
'TOXIC' Democratic Governors are concerned about Arizona lawsuit
'TOXIC'
Even Democratic Governors are Concerned about Arizona Lawsuit
Boston, the site of the original Tea Party, was also where Obama administration officials met with Governors from all over the country. Many of the gubernatorial participants wanted to focus on creating jobs in a down economy. However, courtesy of a battle between the White House and the state of Arizona over immigration, the economy got short shrift.
Predictably, Arizona governor Jan Brewer was a focal point during the private meeting but just as noteworthy was the reaction of some Democratic governors to the lawsuit filed against Arizona by the federal government. One governor, Tennessee's Phil Bredesen referred to the issue as “toxic”.
Ned Ryun and Matt Robbins, the president and executive director, respectively, of American Majority, see Democratic governors distancing themselves from the president on this issue because, once again, the president is going against the will of the American people. As many of these governors are facing tough re-election campaigns, they don't want to find themselves on the wrong side of public opinion.
The motives behind Democrat reticence when it comes to supporting the president are initially obvious. The economy is what Americans want their leaders focusing on and by going against the will of the American people, Obama is hurting the re-election chances of Governors who stand with him on this issue.
TOO CLOSE TO HOME?
There is potentially another factor at work. Governors consider themselves colleagues and when they see a fellow governor in the political cross-hairs of the White House, it's not much of a stretch to imagine a scenario in the future where it might be them or their state targeted in a similar way, if even on a different issue.
This is the essence of the Tea Party movement and smaller government. It may be far too early to say that the states are uniting with one another and reclaiming their rights from a bloated federal government but it is apparent that the Obama administration has seen fit to govern against the American majority. In the example that is Arizona and the lawsuit filed against it as well as its Governor, Jan Brewer, some of Brewer's Democratic colleagues may be tacitly siding with her.
Ironically, while in Boston, governors of states may have gotten a little taste of tea.
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