according to Politico's Michael Falcone...
Capital Hell...Worst States to Govern
Forget about the quandary South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces as a result of his personal indiscretions.
Steep budget shortfalls, rising unemployment rates and intraparty squabbles are currently making life extremely unpleasant for most of the nations governors, many of whom are experiencing precipitous declines in their approval ratings.
Those dismal poll numbers are casting a long shadow over the 2010 elections when governorships in more than three dozen states will be up for grabs not to mention the off-year contest in New Jersey, where one of the two 2009 gubernatorial races will take place in November.
While its a rough time to be running a state, in some places the outlook is really bleak. Heres POLITICOs list of the worst places to be governor.
California
New York
Arizona
New Jersey
Michigan
honorable mentions:
South Carolina
Illinois
Nevada
http://dyn.politico.com/members/forums/thread.cfm?catid=1&subcatid=2&threadid=2647784
More detail by state at the link.
