Matt Blunt Makes Missouri Into a Corporate Suck Up

National survey rates Missouri as economic leader :

A national business magazine has ranked Missouri as one of the leading states in the nation for having a business-friendly climate that attracts industry and new jobs.

Expansion Management, a monthly business magazine for company executives who make decisions on facility expansions and relocations, ranked the business climates of the nation's 362 metro areas in its third annual Mayor's Challenge competition. Only 70 of those metropolitan statistical areas, or the nation's top 20 percent, earned the distinction of "5-Star Business Opportunity Metro."

In the 2005 rankings, Texas led all states with seven top-honored metros. Missouri, Ohio and Virginia each had five metros earning top honors and Pennsylvania had four. The Missouri cities recognized by the magazine are Columbia, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Springfield and St. Louis.

Well, that's what happens when the governor understands that good economic policy attracts business, which attracts jobs and development into the state.

So excuse me while I mount an expedition to find the appropriate level of blame leveled on Matt Blunt for this positive development. After all, everything that goes wrong in Missouri is his fault; undoubtedly the editorial pages across the state will blame him for things that go right, too.