Lucy Baxley: "Standing on 'No Promises'"

If you're waiting on Lucy Baxley to provide the details of her vision for Alabama, don't hold your breath.

From the AP last Thursday:

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley says there's a reason she hasn't given a lot of details concerning what she plans to do if she's elected governor — she doesn't want to make promises she can't keep. ...

A candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for governor, Baxley said she doesn't want to be like Republican Gov. Bob Riley, who she said has not kept some of the promises he made in a 90-page booklet he put out detailing his plans when he ran for governor four years ago.

"It's difficult for me to make grand promises about things I know it's difficult for the governor to do," Baxley said.

Speaking to a conference of airport administrators at a downtown Montgomery hotel, Baxley said if she was a typical candidate she would promise to extend all airport runways in the state, but said she would not make promises she knew might be impossible to keep.

"Fairy tales start out with 'once upon a time,' but in an election year that changes to 'when I get elected,'" Baxley said.

Lucy, Lucy. No one's asking you to make promises you can't keep. People just want to know what you think. Everyone knows that a Governor can't solve all the state's problems, but saying "I support this" or "I oppose that" is something that every credible candidate for public office has to do at some point. As Riley spokesman Josh Blades said, "a smiling face and a cute slogan" just don't cut it.

I'll give Lucy credit for one thing, though. Her campaign platform of "No Promises, No Plans" is certainly simple to understand.