"Salesperson for the State"

How can Jennifer Granholm say she's "a really good salesperson for the state" when she's failed so grievously to sell the state even to companies who are here? Ooohh, Google added a few hundred high-turnover commission-based salespeople here in Michigan. That will go a long way to offset Kmart, Dow, and Comerica moving out thousands of high pay salaried positions.

She seems to be basing her image on this whole "salesperson for the state" idea, which is garbage because she's done such a horrible job of selling the state. From The Detroit Free Press on June 30:

Governor to head overseas

With a new, more business-friendly tax awaiting her signature, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Friday that she'll soon travel overseas to sell Michigan as a good place to do business.

She said an August trade mission to undisclosed countries will showcase the state, especially renewable energy industries that she says can help fuel Michigan's economic recovery.

"I'm a really good salesperson for this state," Granholm told the Free Press. She's led past trade missions to Germany and Japan.

Granholm also called on lawmakers to voluntarily return 5% of their salaries -- like she does -- as a good-faith gesture to resolve the state's budget crisis. Salaries for the governor ($177,000 annually) and lawmakers ($79,650) are set every two years by an independent commission and cannot be changed by the Legislature.