RPCV Governor Doyle To Be New Peace Corps Director?
Fiscally conservative!? HA! Are you talking about "Diamond Jim" Doyle? You guys can have him. I will personally buy his…
A local Wisconsin paper columnist Amy L. Geiger-Hemmer writes this weekend that RPCV Jim Doyle (Tunisia 1967-69) is President Obama’s pick to be the Peace Corps Director. Amy spins it this way: “Our ethically-challenged Governor, Jim Doyle, is eagerly awaiting the opportunity to sign off on the Wisconsin state budget. This is a budget that includes huge increases in taxes and fees. Huge increases in spending – unprecedented during times of high unemployment and a recession. And when all is said and done, Wisconsin will still be over $2,600,000,000.00 in debt.”
The rumor in Wisconsin is that Doyle is on his way out, headed for D.C. as the new head of the agency.
At the moment Doyle’s approval ratings are in the low 30’s, and he has little chance, according to Amy Geiger-Hemmer, of winning another term against Republicans Scott Walker or Mark Neumann in 2010. ”
We’ll see. Remember, Republicans have been wrong before.
At least we know that this governor won’t be headed to Argentina!
I think that Jim Doyle would be a dynamite PC Director, but I hope that he will stay in Wisconsin and run again for governor. He’s a good governor, fiscally more conservative than I’d prefer, but socially progressive, which makes up for it. He’s a good guy – and I think he can be re-elected.
Fiscally conservative!? HA! Are you talking about “Diamond Jim” Doyle? You guys can have him. I will personally buy his plane ticket out of Wisconsin….