Reply #19: Agreed

[GAspnes]

Jesse is thin-skinned (hence his attitude towards the press, and his comments about the Wellstone memorial service), but it was Timmy the Cowpat who blocked his balanced budget for 1999/2000 with a bunch o' accounting gimmicks, giving us the financial tragedy we had in 2001 and 2002. Jesse wanted to give back money when the state was ahead, and took a rational approach to taxes and budget when things started to get tight.

The one I really miss is Arne Carlson. Didn't care for his social policies much, but that man could run a state government. (weird thing for a librul to say.)

on edit: it's interesting that Jesse would be so critical of the recall, given that he and Arnold are buds from 'way back. At least Jesse had mayoral experience before he became governor of MN.