Tom Corbett Is The Governor Of The Year*


*According to the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a coalition of 1,100 “biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations” whose opinions and concerns may or may not overlap with the 52 percent of actual Pennsylvanians who think he’s doing a bad job.

His popularity is down near the levels of “never gonna say die” George W. Bush during the couple of years of his run, but BIO likes Corbett’s “leadership and commitment to strengthening the biotechnology and public health sectors within Pennsylvania.” Of course, that leadership involves actual closing health centers across the state. Maybe it’s Opposite Day somewhere? [Philadelphia Business Journal]