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There is no more dangerous an individual than an ambitious lame duck Governor like Colorado’s Bill Ritter or New Mexico’s Bill Richardson. With nothing to lose politically, such executives are free to entrench unpopular policies via the regulatory state. Of course, NO ONE understands the impossibly arcane mechanics of the regulatory bureaucracy, so these Governors’https://i2i.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/i2i_building_facebook_1200x630.jpg1200630