Skip to Site Navigation | Skip to Content

Fallin takes aim at status quo in inaugural address (EDITORIAL)

Fallin takes aim at status quo in inaugural address (EDITORIAL)

NewsOK
The Oklahoman Editorial, Oklahoman
Published: January 11, 2011

Mary Fallin has already proven herself to be as good of a speaker as her predecessor. Will she be as good a governor as Brad Henry?

The next year will give us our first clues as to how that question is to be answered. Fallin has made history by being the first woman to win the office. Her impact on history, though, will come from her governance, not her gender.

Henry isn’t a gifted orator, but he was a very good governor. After taking the oath of office, Fallin used her inauguration address to lay out the themes of her administration. It was part campaign watch party victory speech, part State of the State address — the former heavy on platitudes and the latter skimpy on specifics... FULL ARTICLE

 

No comments (Add your own)

Add a New Comment

Enter the code you see below:
code
 

Comment Guidelines: No HTML is allowed. Off-topic or inappropriate comments will be edited or deleted. Thanks.