State of the State Address

Governor Haley’s State of the State speech last night [summarized]:
“I love South Carolina. We have tough days ahead. I won’t talk about any specifics but I will give you pablum for forty minutes (except for a couple of things that don’t really impact the budget at all). But let me leave you with this, you need to make some hard choices in the Legislature and I will support you … maybe. I love South Carolina!”

We need a lot of courage in a leader in the coming year where it looks like nothing but bad choices face us in the Statehouse. There weren’t any answers delivered last night about what we should expect in the coming year.

As a State-of-the-State speech, the effort rates a “C-“. Though there were no specifics, and several contradictions, at least there were many nicely phrased generalities that were delivered well.

We need a lot from this Governor’s Office, so let’s not count her out before she’s started. I will hold out hope that the Governor will be a lot better at governing than she was in this speech.