Governors in the Clean States: POWERFUL Mary Palmer

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Governors in the
Clean States:
POWERFUL
Mary Palmer
Powerful Governors in the Clean States (2007)
5
4
3
2
1
0
National
Minnesota
Overall Personal Power
Michigan
Wisconsin
Overall Institutional Power
http://www.unc.edu/~beyle/gubnewpwr.html
Iow a
Formal Powers- Minnesota
5
4
3
2
1
Minnesota
Gubernatorial
Party Control
Veto Power
Budgetary
Power
Appointment
Power
Tenure
Potential
Seperately
Elected
0
National
Informal Power- Minnesota
5
4
3
Governor Tim Pawlenty
2003-current
Republican
2
1
0
Electoral
Mandate
Minnesota
Ambition
National
Personal
Future
Performance
Rating
Formal Powers- Iowa
5
4
3
2
1
National
Veto Power
Budgetary
Power
Gubernatorial
Party Control
Iowa
Appointment
Power
Seperately
Elected
Tenure
Potential
0
Informal Power- Iowa
5
4
3
Governor Chet Culver
2006-present
Democrat
2
1
0
Electoral
Mandate
Iowa
National
Ambition
Personal Future
Performance
Rating
5
Formal Powers- Michigan
4
3
2
1
Veto Power
Budgetary
Power
Appointment
Power
National
Gubernatorial
Party Control
Michigan
Tenure
Potential
Seperately
Elected
0
Informal Power- Michigan
5
4
3
Governor Jennifer Granholm
2003-current
2
1
0
Electoral
Mandate
Michigan
Ambition
National
Personal Future
Performance
Rating
Consistently Strong Formal Powers in
Wisconsin
5
4
3
2
1
0
2001
2004
http://www.unc.edu/~beyle/gubnewpwr.html
Gubernatorial
Party Control
Veto Power
Budgetary
Power
Appointment
Power
Tenure
Potential
Seperately
Elected
2007
Priorities:
Education
Health Care
Economy
Formal Powers- Wisconsin
5
4
3
2
1
National
Veto Power
Budgetary
Power
Gubernatorial
Party Control
Wisconsin
Appointment
Power
Seperately
Elected
Tenure
Potential
0
Informal Power- Wisconsin
5
Governor James (Jim) Doyle
2002-current
Democrat
4
3
2
1
0
Electoral
Mandate
Wisconsin
Ambition
Personal
Future
Performance
Rating
National
http://www.unc.edu/~beyle/gubnewpwr.html
(featured here at the Democratic
National Convention, 2008)
The impact of the “Frankenstein Veto”,
Veto power increased by increased Democratic Control
"There was sort of a sense in the Republican leadership that it was better not to
get anything done, where they could blame the other side," Doyle said. "I think
people in Wisconsin, and people across the country, are saying we'd rather get
something done."
Doyle’s Political
Mandate Increased:
Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election 2002
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Jim Doyle
800,971
45.1
Republican
Scott McCallum
(Incumbent)
732,796
41.4
Libertarian
Ed Thompson
185,085
10.5
Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate 2006
Party
Candidate
Votes
Democrati
c
Jim Doyle
(Incumbent)
1,139,1
15
52.8
Republican
Mark Green
979,42
7
45.3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Doyle
%
±%
+7.7
±
%
http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/Approval50StateGovernor061120.htm
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/29180599.html
http://blogs.wisbusiness.com/bio/2008/06/doyle-invites-terminator-to-wisconsin.html
http://errorandimproprietydoyle.blogspot.com/2006/07/verdicts-hurt-wisconsin-governors-re.html
http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_10906435
http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_10906435
http://www.governing.com/articles/0608assess.htm
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/17208506.html
http://www.democraticgovernors.org/governors/382/governor-jim-doyle
http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/
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