Despite just a 26 percent job approval rating, the folks at the Democratic polling firm of Public Policy Polling see a bright side – a “great opportunity” as they put it. From the PPP blog: (emphasis is mine)
As for Perdue, her weak numbers provide a great opportunity. It’s close to impossible for her to be any less popular so she should move forward with a more bold and transformational vision for the state and not worry about the political consequences of it. If she doesn’t do anything significantly differently for the next three years she’s going to be a one term Governor anyway, so she might as well shoot for the stars in terms of changing and improving how the state of North Carolina does things and not worry about what impact that’s going to have on her standing with this or that interest group or donor. You can’t make meaningful change if you don’t at least try.
So she’s so out of step with so many North Carolinians that she should enact a few more misguided policies? Wow.
