Gubernatorial Leadership

What are a governor's duties and what importance should be attached to the position? The definition of both relies somewhat on the variables of state tradition and individual personality of the office holder. Much like the presidency of the United States, a state governorship is essentially an elected administrative position - administrative management. Money is the governor's ultimate management tool; from it emanates the power of persuasion to the governor's will. To a lesser or greater degree depending upon constitutional interpretation (state and federal), a governor, like the president, wields his or her power in the way he allocates the state's budget resources. T

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ent and the U.S. federal government. The power - and precariousness - of this position cannot be underestimated. By the power of his rhetoric and the public forum he commands, a governor can identify his state's interests with the nation's mood. The result is beneficial for his state and an influence upon the political scene at a national level (Logan 53). Bruce Babbitt, while Governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1986, defined his administration in terms of environmental issues, a definition that brought favorable attention to his state and altered state-federal dialogue on the environment. He is now Secretary of the Interior but, it has been observed, he was equally influential in the environmental debate as a governor. By negative example George Wallace, four-time governor of Alabama, used his position to champion segregation in the national forum - and his state's discretionary powers over its judicial and educational establishments were severely restricted by federal intervention as a result. Mario Cuomo's forte was the traditional liberal issue of "social" concerns (Brookhiser 22; Frum, "Killing the Goose" 72). Beginning with the 1984 Democratic Party Convention, as a keynote speaker Cuomo provided focus to a national pla
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