That egomaniac

The MTGOP-Ebrief, always good for a snuckle (which is somewhere between a sneer and a chuckle), says that Gov. Brian Schweitzer wouldn't let departing Gov. Martz give 60 seconds of farewell remarks on her last day in office.

Schweitzer is determined that any credit for Montana’s improving economy should be his, even though he was not in office when key economic-development and tax policy were implemented. In fact it enrages our new egomaniacal governor any time that anyone would suggest that Governor Martz did a good job of managing the state’s economy. The refusal to let Governor Martz speak on Monday was overlooked in news reports of Schweitzer’s inauguration, but it certainly underscores the fact that it is indeed a “new day for Montana.”