10/14/2009
Humdrum Herbert?
The new line of attack from New Jersey Governor John Corzine, calling his opponent Chris Christie "fat" in campaign ads, got the folks at FivethirtyEight.com thinking about the size of our politicians.
They run down all 50 Governors and find that American's don't elect many fat politicians. Running through pictures of the current crop of governors, the site finds that only 10 who are overweight and three who are clearly obese.
During the visual inspection, they labeled Governor Gary Herbert as "humdrum.".
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