Democratic Governors Push Party Left

Beth Reinhard: “While Republican governors elected during the party’s
historic wave in 2010 have drawn criticism for their unabashedly
conservative agendas to restrict abortion, rein in labor unions and
slash state spending, a number of Democratic governors are just as
aggressively pushing liberal policies like gay marriage and gun control.
Emboldened by President Obama’s re-election, a younger and more diverse
electorate, and an increasing number of state governments under
one-party control, these Democratic governors are crusading on issues
the party steered clear of until recently. It’s happening not just in
solidly-Democratic states like New York, Maryland, Delaware and
Connecticut but also in more competitive battlegrounds like Colorado,
where new gun laws are fueling two recall elections and threats of
secession from some rural counties.”