Every week, St. Louis Public Radio's Chris McDaniel, Jo Mannies and Jason Rosenbaum talk about the week’s politics. This week their guest is Republican Catherine Hanaway, the former speaker of the Missouri House and former U.S. attorney for Missouri's eastern district. She's now running for governor in 2016.
On the show, Hanaway talks about her political past and her hoped-for future. Among other things she said:
-- If governor, she would sign "right to work'' into law. "Right to work" bars unions and employers from requiring all workers to pay dues or a fee if a majority decides to join a union.
-- She learned some lessons from her 2004 loss for Missouri secretary of state, in that she "worked a little too hard and not smart enough."
-- She announced for governor early because she believes that's the only way the GOP can catch up with Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, the likely Democratic nominee for governor and who has already amassed a lot of money.
-- She supports cutting or eliminating most state tax credits, if that's coupled with cutting state taxes. Hanaway believes tax cuts can help fuel more jobs for Missourians.
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