Patrick Mcilheran; Got a Great Idea for State? Run It Past Governor No

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As the land mines blew around him, Gov. Jim Doyle's supporters maintained he hadn't done anything: He didn't order his subordinate to steer the travel contract to a contributor; he didn't tell his campaign's lawyer to coach the Elections Board into squashing his challenger, Mark Green.

Their claims strain credulity. Paradoxically, though, "nothing doing" describes just what makes Doyle so valuable to the interests that want you to reinstall him. He is defined by his vetoes.

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Patrick Mcilheran; Got a Great Idea for State? Run It Past Governor No

True, by killing more bills than any governor in four decades, Doyle is doing what governors do, just a lot of it.

Still, if the answer's "no," it matters what the question was. Doyle's said he vetoed 101 bills because the Republic...

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