Why would anybody in their right mind want to be the next governor of Pennsylvania?

You not only have the fiscal mess that Gov. Ed Rendell and the current Legislature left behind ($4.25 billion in deficits in just the past two years) but you have the perennial problem of reforming the most expensive and inefficient state legislature in the country.

From an editorial in the Times-Leader:

There's obviously a disconnect with a large segment of the public that lawmakers aren't acknowledging.

On one side, there's the voluntary report from a panel of 33 citizens whose two-year probe into illegal use of public resources resulted in 25 people being charged. Their investigation uncovered an institutionalized system rigged to keep lawmakers in power.

On the other side we have some modest operational changes that House leaders tout as reform.

The system clearly is in need of an overhaul, and it's up to the people to elect a governor who is up to the challenge.

Read the full editorial at the link below:

Next governor must rally reform | The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA