Without question, governors are much closer to the front lines in the battle against COVID-19 than Donald Trump is, and they’re making a lot of decisions that affect people’s lives more directly than POTUS’s erratic maunderings and wavering advice.
That also means that governors are more likely to be held responsible for risky measures that are unpopular or go wrong, from stay-at-home orders to business reopenings, not to mention the fiscal calamity that is descending on state capitals everywhere, even as the federal government prints money.
SO at a time when Trump’s reelection is generally thought to be dependent on his handling of the pandemic, it’s pretty significant that a new 50-state poll shows every single governor has a higher rating for handling the coronavirus than Trump does...
That also means that governors are more likely to be held responsible for risky measures that are unpopular or go wrong, from stay-at-home orders to business reopenings, not to mention the fiscal calamity that is descending on state capitals everywhere, even as the federal government prints money.
SO at a time when Trump’s reelection is generally thought to be dependent on his handling of the pandemic, it’s pretty significant that a new 50-state poll shows every single governor has a higher rating for handling the coronavirus than Trump does...