Somehow, I let this get by me last week. I very pleased with the progress of the Daniels administration, as graded by Gov. Daniels himself in the latest of his six-months report cards:
Roughly 64 percent of the measured categories were defined in the report as needing improvement or unsatisfactory during the first six months of this year, compared with 73 percent in the previous six months. The report covering Daniels' first six months in office in 2005 rated 87 percent in those areas.
87 percent to 73 percent to 64 percent -- now, that's steady progress; I feel free to predict only half the categories will need improvement in the next grading period. Pat Bauer is being his usual negative self when he complains that the governor's report card is "like making your own movie and then being your own critic."
In fact, I'm so impressed with the governor's idea that I've decided to issue a report card on the progress of this blog:
Topics selected to post on: Went from a B to a B+ in the grading period. Quality of the writing: From a B+ to an A-. Quality of the thinking behind the enterprise: Steady at an A. Quality of my enemies -- my most vocal critics out there in the blogosphere right now are two liberals, one conservative and a space alien, so, pretty steady there, too. The only area where there could be noticeable progress is in the number of commenters taking the time to note the wonderful job being done here. Perhaps this will encourage them, as I'm sure the governor's report card has increased the number of supporters for Indiana government.
