OUR OPINION: Will Corbett’s Comment Cost Him His Job?

Gov. Tom Corbett continues to step on his own toes. He may not be building a voter base for himself with his comments about Pennsylvania employers being unable to find employees who can pass a drug test.

There will be people who see his statement as being truly reflective of our culture and the growing epidemic of casual and hardcore users of both licit and illicit drugs. Then there are others who see him lying his way out of the predicaments that have seen the Commonwealth plummet as a job-creator under his administration.

State Sen. Tina Tartaglione is among those, and has blasted him in a report. She has been joined by her colleague Shirley Kitchen and State Treasurer Rob McCord, among many other Democrats. McCord’s name is often mentioned as a potential challenger to Corbett in 2014.

Corbett continues to look like a lame duck, which is why there is a growing interest in the gubernatorial primary – much more so than the current one, which has already been decided for the most part.

Corbett has earned a roasting in national media for his indiscreet language. He can count on one sure thing: once given a juicy story like this, the cable news shows will go back to this well again and again and again in 2014.