The United States should not take the message to Governor Richardson at face value.

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So it would appear that Indiana has a savvy governor who understands the value of creating business connections for his state.

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He's new, he's outside Washington, he has the value also of being the governor of Virginia, which lo and behold is actually a battleground state this year.

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The governor also stressed that prices should reflect fair value so that the acquiring company's financial position is not weakened.

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Some 43%, according to one poll, consider experience of running a business (ie, Ms Whitman) more useful for the governor's job, whereas 44% value experience of running government (Mr Brown).

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"If ... they're not going to offer anything of value, then I might just take it, " the governor said.

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Critics have pointed to the success of Jose Manuel de la Sota, the governor of Cordoba province, who has increased revenues by cutting tax rates and is trying to get better value from public spending.

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