I just can’t get agitated about the Danny LeBlanc controversy. It’s not as if Gov. Timothy M. Kaine wants to appoint LeBlanc, a former state AFL-CIO president who opposes the Right-to-Work law, to Secretary of Commerce and Trade, where he could do some damage. The Governor wants to make LeBlanc Secretary of the Commonwealth, where he’s in charge of appointments to sundry boards and commissions — in effect, Secretary of Patronage.
That’s what happens when you win the election. You appoint a party stalwart to hand out rewards to your supporters. If LeBlanc doesn’t fill the position, Kaine will find another partisan ally to do the job. My advice to House Republicans: Get over it. Act nice. Throw the Governor a bone.
