Nader Tells Rowland To Get Out Of Town

The Nader campaign returned home to Connecticut today and told Governor Rowland its time to go. According to the Associated Press:

"He has compromised his own independence through taking all these freebies, these cottages and so forth from economic interests who have business before his state administration," said Nader, who made several stops around the state Tuesday.

Nader added that Rowland, a Republican who is under investigation for accepting gifts from state contractors and friends, may only resign if there's a serious threat of impeachment.

"If he thinks he's going to be impeached, he'll resign. He likes the salary," said Nader, who is a native of Winsted.

I still maintain that Governor Rowland has no incentive to resign and that he will fight impeachment as hard as he can.

I have posted before (here and here), that there are a number of reasons why Rowland won't quit. Financially he is now better off remaining as governor. If he had become a private citizen last year, Rowland would have been able to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Now his gubernatorial salary looks good.

There are legal considerations as well. Staying in office in office would provide greater bargaining power should the federal investigation into his conduct results in charges.

Then there is Rowland's belief that he didn't do anything bad enough to warrant political capital punishment. He has a point there. A former president has established that you shouldn't be impeached for lying.