Ouch!

Governor Moonbeam's people still have to be smarting from yesterday's Augusta Chronicle saying that the Governor's tactics resemble Clinton's 08/25/03. I'm not sure Sanford is consciously pursing a strategy of triangulation - in fact, I'm not competely sure this is conciously pursuing any strategy at all. I do know that he has been a disappointment to many (including this Democrat) who thought he was the breath of fresh air South Carolina needed. So far, though, he seems to be giving us more of the same (see The State | 08/24/2003 | Sanford campaign donors land almost half of his appointments) except with fewer results to show for it.

As I read the news that Blue Cross Blue Shield could be forced to be cut up to 800 jobs in Florence and Myrtle Beach, it occurred to me that I don't recall this governor making a single "job announcement" since he took office. I guess Sanford really is doing things differently, since these little press events are usually a staple of gubernatorial politics. Instead, this governor has spent 8 months looking at a real estate deal, even at the expense of his own Commerce Secretary.