Owens approval 48%

SurveyUSA has released approval ratings for the governors of all 50 states. Our own Bill Owens comes in 32nd with a 48%. You might think he paid a high price for backing Referendums C and D. But he still runs strong among Republicans, with a 63% approval rating in his own party.

The guv, meanwhile, is busy trying to figure out how he will trim his budget to fit within the state's spending ability. The DDN and AP report that "lawmakers questioned why he wanted to spend most of the down payment on transportation instead of other programs."