SeattleTimes Editorial -- Gregoire's impressive performance

From Puget Sound cleanup to jobs creation, Gov. Chris Gregoire has had a busy term, but what resonates most is the attention she's paying to education and children's health care — two issues with substantial value on the national political scene.

Gov. Gregoire is looking — dare I say it? — presidential.

I don't mean to start rumors or launch fantasies. The Democratic side of the 2008 race for the White House is more congested than a Nordstrom half-yearly sale. And, by all accounts, the governor is happy being governor.

Yet, I've been watching this woman preside ably over our state and my impression of her has gone from lukewarm to mightily impressed.

In the recent legislative session, the governor kicked in money to extend health care to an additional 38,500 low-income children who were not covered. It was a prescient and astute move considering Congress is set to reauthorize a federal program that insures low-income children who don't qualify for Medicaid.
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