Matt Blunt Passes

The Kansas City Star's Steve Kraske rounds up passing marks for Matt Blunt in his first year as governor:

* B. "The expectations weren't high. The governor has done a good job. No one's going to get too critical of him." - George Connor, Southwest Missouri State University.

* A-minus. "In some respects, he pretty much got what he wanted." - Rick Hardy, University of Missouri-Columbia.

* C. "I don't hear anybody saying that he's out in front, that he's - really a change from the past. (But) I don't hear people condemning him either. It's too soon to tell." - David Webber, University of Missouri-Columbia.

* My take: B-minus. One of the worst things you can do as governor is come up empty your first session out. Blunt avoided that.

Hopefully, next election the country will give him the promotion we at DMB2008 think he deserves.