Slampo posted a fun roundup of comments from media and pols after the election.
The whole thing is worth reading, but what Slampo characterized as Rick Casey’s early ad copy for Bill White’s next campaign caught my eye:
But assuming he is able to keep a lid on crime, White will present something Democrats haven’t had in a long while — a formidable candidate for governor with a story to tell and the money to tell it.
The story will be of competence, social progressiveness and fiscal conservatism.
He will be a Democrat who passed his own revenue cap and, if very modestly, cut the city’s tax rate.
Maybe Rick Casey will have to be renamed Mrs. White! Then again, copying the real Mrs. White isn’t much different from plagiarism, so maybe Casey’s own name should remain affixed to the writing.
In any case, Mayor White has been a considerable improvement over the inept Lee Brown, but it is a stretch to call him a fiscal conservative (as his opposition to stringent revenue caps illustrates) and his record on crime is not good thus far (see Hurtt, Harold). The latter could hurt him if he tries to run statewide against a well-financed candidate.
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