Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
I'm not certain he's committed to running, but Ed Rendell pulled of a large miracle in Philadelphia's turnaround. He's a fiscal conservative that understands the need to keep taxes reaonable (he lowered property taxes in PA 30% according to Wiki). I also like some of what Evan Bayh has said and done, but he's too given over to farm subsidies, a form of welfare that I say has seen it's time come and gone.
Pfft, nah- Rendell is sleaze. First, he's no fiscal conservative- he proposed a balanced budget as he was Constitutionally obligated to do and then asked the legislature to vote it down so he could take more time and craft a budget that included large tax increases and growth in spending. The legislature passed his original slashed budget anyhow- so Rendell went on to veto his own budget proposal enabling him to submit a new budget with tax and spending increases.

The legalization of slot gambling was supposed to fund a 30% property tax increase. Well, we have slot gambling.... years later and we're still waiting for the property tax relief.

Finally, he signed the blatantly illegal midnight payraise the the legislature tried to slip by with no debate, literally in the middle of the night.

Sorry for the tirade, I but I wanted to set the record straight. As for the slate of potential Democratic candidates... well it's tough to get excited about any of them- but then Id say the same for the Republican potentials at this point as well.