Saturday, February 25, 2012

Democratic governors discuss bypassing Congress with Obama

President Obama met with a group of Democratic governors on Friday and discussed plans to work around Congress toward policy goals. - The Hill

...although they did not discuss the election, the sense in the room was that focusing on jobs is Democrats’ best chance to win in the fall....

Governors present included Govs. Jerry Brown (Calif.), Jay Nixon (Mo.), O’Malley, Christine Gregoire (Wash.), Bev Perdue (N.C.), Peter Shumlin (Vt.), Neil Abercrombie (Hawaii), Deval Patrick (Mass.) and Pat Quinn (Ill.).