Who are the five worst Governors in America?

[The_Doctor]

One name (I'll have more later).

Martin Joseph O'Malley (D-Maryland).

[The_Doctor]

01. Governor Martin O'Malley (D-Maryland)

Between the regressive taxes, spending hikes, and the determination to push through a liberal agenda post-2012 to bolster his own chances for the Presidency, O'Malley is my nominee for worst governor in the United States.

02. Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-New York).

Disbanding an anti-corruption commission because it threatens your allies counts. So does possible obstruction of the probe's work, and being investigated by the U.S. Attorney in New York. From a partisan standpoint, this is all gravy to me - grist against him in 2018, or what not. He fended off a primary challenge and then a re-election challenge, simply because the guy is somehow both potentially corrupt and inept at handling the political duties as Governor.

03. Governor Chris Christie (R-New Jersey).

BridgeGate. Backstabbing Romney in the back on Election Eve 2012. Appointing a placeholder U.S. Senator that was his friend, in what appears to have been a sweetheart deal to prevent Cory Booker from challenging him for the governorship. (Or smoothing Booker's path). I don't know what meaningful achievements he's pushed through or what he's done that isn't simply in his naked political interests of running for President.

04. Governor Sam Brownback (R-Kansas).

Barely winning re-election 49-46% in a wave GOP year speaks for itself. Way too ideological and has divided the Kansas Republican Party and given an opening to Democrats in 2018 to campaign on not being Brownback. He won purely because of the wave. His budget cuts and tax cuts are so politically unsaleable that it is a testament to his incompetence .

05. Governor John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado).

This guy clearly misread the Colorado electorate on gun control and enacted a number of gun control measures. He paid for it in 2014. Hickenlooper misjudged the electorate as Governor.

NB: I would vote Christie for President, but only if he were the GOP nominee. I don't like him that much at all.