Matthew Tully editorializes in the conservative Indianapolis Star about Indiana Republican Gov. Mike "Dense" Pence's "malpractice" in office:
Being a governor is different. It's about being a leader who is forced every day to think pragmatically, who knows that doing no harm is high on the list of requirements, and who understands that the job is at its core about making sure your state's people have a better chance of earning a decent living or getting a great education tomorrow than they do today.
In recent days, Fortune magazine listed former Gov. Mitch Daniels among "the world's 50 greatest leaders." At the same time, Pence, the man who followed Daniels into office, has once again been exposed as a stunningly ineffective leader.
When you have to "clarify" a horribly damaging piece of legislation that you raced to sign, when you dodge a question on national TV about whether discrimination is legal in your state, when you deal your state a crushing economic blow, when you seem incapable of understanding the role you have played in creating this mess — well, that makes clear that you are not in the right job.More examples follow.
And to be clear, this is not just about the "religious freedom" bill fiasco, as bad as it is and as poorly as Pence has performed during the controversy. Let's consider the other malpractice in the governor's office in recent months.
Please remember though that every prospective Republican presidential candidate jumped to defend the hate law and Pence, without caveat or hesitation. Therefore, every disparaging comment about the hate law and Pence's governance in this fiasco must apply to these prospective candidates, especially the finding that these would-be "Chief Executives" are not only morally obtuse bigots, but would be "stunningly ineffective" and "clearly not in the right job."
