Oklahoma’s next governor will be a woman

July 28th, 2010

Well, in the primary election yesterday, Oklahoma voters chose two women to run against each other, Jeri Askins (D) and Mary Fallin (R) will compete for the top state job in November. So, now the question is, which one will be the best for the top spot?

Well, I’m not going to go into it (yet) because I really don’t have enough information and really don’t know which one I will vote for. But, it begs the question – Will a woman do a better job leading the state than men have done?

The last presidential election saw Hillary Clinton running for president until she was pushed out in the primary. But, it did get some people to thinking about how a woman would lead this country versus a man. I can’t count the number of times I heard “Well, she can’t screw it up any more than a man.” I don’t know, man can screw it up really bad (cue Obama). Would Hillary have done a better job? Don’t know.

I personally don’t have a problem with a woman as president or governor. I think women are just as capable as men are to lead the state (or country), so don’t get on to me for being sexist.

Back to Oklahoma. Quite a few people would say our government is screwed up. There’s quite a few things I could (and do) gripe about. Up until this next election, Oklahoma has been governed by men and it is pretty screwed up.

I guess now we may finally get the answer to the question: Can a woman screw it up any worse than a man?