Carter Wrenn likens Gov. Beverly Perdue to an "errant pin-ball."
In a post on his Talking About Politics blog, the Republican political consultant ponders why Perdue's polling numbers are so bad while President Barack Obama continues to fare okay.
Beverly Perdue was a capable State Senator serving under Marc Basnight, a solid Lieutenant Governor (still serving under Basnight), but now that she's running the show she's suddenly darting in a dozen different directions: First ordering spending cuts, then demanding tax increases, then saying it didn't matter which taxes the legislature raised, then telling legislators they'd raised the wrong ones.
She's bounced around like an errant pin-ball until her house of political cards has collapsed, and for the first time in memory the Governor of North Carolina is less popular than a visit from an IRS agent.
Wrenn says Perdue's problems create problems for Democratic lawmakers in next year's election. He says they need to either drop Perdue "like a hot potato" or find away to pump her back up.
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Re: Wrenn: Perdue bouncing around
"At least she only has one way to go - up!"
This is a true statement if applied to the "service revenue base" that Bev discovered during the budget debate.
In recent interviews, Bev has been clear that new taxes on services are necessary to maintain "core" state programs.
Absent economic growth, taxes will most assuredly have to "go up" again in the not too distant future.