While the Governor's vetoes are laudable, they become meaningless in light of the fact that the Democrat Legislature has a supermajority -- and this is where that status weighs in!

It takes a three-fifths majority to override a veto. This translates into 85 of the 141 votes in the House and 29 of the 47 votes in the Senate. In today's Legislature, the Democrats hold 99 of the House seats, and 32 of the seats in the Senate -- more than enough votes to override any veto and the numbers even allow a few of the Democrats who represent more conservative districts to vote with the Republicans.

All the Democrat supermajority has to do to pass any legislation they want is to get the bills through the House and Senate and over to the Governor with at least six days left in the Session.