JOHNSON'S I & R STRATEGY
I just received this from one of my unimpeachable sources:
How Dean Johnson sees a way for the DFL to have its cake and eat it, too.
On Friday's edition of "Almanac" Dean Johnson suggested to Matt Entenza that the DFL might have to give the governor one of the reforms he'd proposed (merit pay for teachers, unicameral, Initiative & Referendum, etc.). When asked which of the reforms he preferred, Johnson said he would not want to say on camera, but that he definitely had a favorite.
After a little investigation with friends who work in the DFL caucus, I have learned that his preferred reform to use as a bargaining chip is Initiative & Referendum. Apparently Johnson has never felt strongly against it and in fact has at times been lukewarm in favor of it. Now, he apparently thinks that using it as a bargaining chip would be the least expensive politically because in order for I & R to become reality in Minnesota, it must pass as a constitutional amendment.
Johnson reportedly believes there is enough public sentiment against I & R, or that enough public sentiment could be drummed up against it, so that the amendment would fail. So, the governor ultimately would be found unable to cash in on this bargaining chip.
How Dean Johnson sees a way for the DFL to have its cake and eat it, too.
On Friday's edition of "Almanac" Dean Johnson suggested to Matt Entenza that the DFL might have to give the governor one of the reforms he'd proposed (merit pay for teachers, unicameral, Initiative & Referendum, etc.). When asked which of the reforms he preferred, Johnson said he would not want to say on camera, but that he definitely had a favorite.
After a little investigation with friends who work in the DFL caucus, I have learned that his preferred reform to use as a bargaining chip is Initiative & Referendum. Apparently Johnson has never felt strongly against it and in fact has at times been lukewarm in favor of it. Now, he apparently thinks that using it as a bargaining chip would be the least expensive politically because in order for I & R to become reality in Minnesota, it must pass as a constitutional amendment.
Johnson reportedly believes there is enough public sentiment against I & R, or that enough public sentiment could be drummed up against it, so that the amendment would fail. So, the governor ultimately would be found unable to cash in on this bargaining chip.
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