BILL RITTER IS A DELICATE FLOWER. A disappointing start for Colorado’s new governor, Bill Ritter, as he sides with business over labor in one of the first big bills of his term. What’s odd, though, isn’t that Ritter, mere days after business leaders fundraised their hearts out to retire his $250,000 in campaign debt, veoted the bill. It’s his reasoning that rankles. “Ritter said he agreed with the sentiment of the bill but vetoed it because of the surrounding rhetoric ‘sinking us into cynical politics.'” Got that? He agrees with the bill, but thinks the rhetoric surrounding it was too divisive. Glad he’s got his priorities straight.
–Ezra Klein
