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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
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Tue, January 11, 2011
by John Cox