Aside from his unhealthy Nixonian penchant for secrecy, political revenge and personal isolation, and all the corruption investigations targeting his administration, what really bothers me about Gov. Blagojevich is his failure to grow as a leader.

Blagojevich was a backbench state legislator and he was a backbench U.S. congressman. But he has been governor for almost five years and still has that same mentality.

Political reporters, particularly ones looking for an easy story, love backbench politicians. They usually hold news conferences on slow news days to announce grandiose ideas that have no chance of becoming law. But their announcements make for good copy, so they get coverage.  Continue Reading

-Rich Miller

Posted by Editor