Pick Your Conventional Wisdom

December 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Pick Your Conventional Wisdom by Tim Skubick December 11, 2009 Popular wisdom is often unpopular and often wrong, but what the hey. The popular wisdom is Andy Dillon can’t beat John Cherry for the Democratic nomination for governor. Here’s why the Dillonites reject that notion: (1) Cherry has only 20-percent support in the polls, which [...]

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Virg for Governor?

December 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

Virg for Governor? by Tim Skubick December 4, 2009 If the political press corps were given a secret vote to install the mayor of Lansing as a Democratic candidate for governor, betya the vote would be an overwhelming yes. That’s not necessarily because Virg Bernero would make the best governor, but he’d certainly be the [...]

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Was 19th the Game Changer?

November 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Was 19th the Game Changer? by Tom Shields November 16, 2009 Driving past Lansing’s Hart-Kennedy House — home of the Michigan Democratic Party — you can just make out the figure of Marty Griffin, pinned to the clothes line, left hanging out to dry. The 19th District special election had all the makings of a [...]

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Getting Down to Business in 2010 Race for Governor

November 16th, 2009 · 10 Comments

Getting Down to Business in 2010 Race for Governor Congressman Pete Hoekstra plans to bring common-sense, CEO sensibility to top post by Susan J. Demas November 16, 2009 When U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flicked off the lights in Congress last summer instead of taking up the GOP’s offshore drilling legislation, a Twitter star was [...]

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Cherry the Alternative

November 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Cherry the Alternative by Gongwer News Service November 13, 2009 Right now there are at least 11 people running for, or thinking about running for, governor in 2010, and in the last two weeks the one who has done the most interesting stuff in the still-nascent race is the one who already has a governor [...]

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Obama Watching Michigan

November 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Obama Watching Michigan by Tim Skubick November 6, 2009 They pretty much bungled it in New York, but did better in New Jersey. So who knows how well they will do regarding the Democratic race for governor in Michigan. Sources confirm the Obama White House is already watching from the sidelines. Recall that the Obama [...]

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