Last week, Morning Consult released a poll that ranked Mary Fallin as the 9th-least popular Governor in the country. Her disapproval rating was a dismal 53%. That almost puts her in Obama territory.
Such a dismal ranking shouldn’t be a big of surprise for TLO readers. As we know, Mary’s priorities and loyalties have always been to the wealthy GOP donors, special interest groups and energy companies who funded her campaign. Unless a tornado plows through and she gets to say “Oklahoma Standard” at a photo-op, she just doesn’t seem to care about the Oklahoma people all that much. As a result, Oklahoma now deals with an education funding and budget crisis, botched executions, man-made earthquakes, stagnant economy, prison overcrowding, hospital closures, mental health crisis, low incomes, crumbling infrastructure, trailers being parked on the Governor’s Mansion yard, oil field prayers, etc.
Normally when a politician deals with low approval numbers, they try to do things to change them. Not Mary Fallin. She doubles down. For example, last week she penned an editorial in The Oklahoman that came out strongly against new laws that would give more Oklahomans the opportunity the earn overtime pay, because you know, ensuring that workers are treated and compensated fairly by employers is against her values.