The Kwame Bleed

September 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

The Kwame Bleed September 3, 2010 DETROIT — A year ago, there were lots of reasons to think Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox would be the next governor. The son of working-class Irish immigrants joined the Marines, put himself through the University of Michigan’s college and law school, and then was elected attorney general, the [...]

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Street Fighter Stirs Up Contest for State CEO

May 17th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Street Fighter Stirs Up Contest for State CEO Attorney General Mike Cox battles to be Michigan’s next governor by Susan J. Demas May 16, 2010 As World War I engulfed Europe, another battle was brewing in Britain. On Easter Monday, 1916, the Irish Republican Brotherhood stormed through several buildings in Dublin. After more than a [...]

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Running Mates

March 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Running Mates by Tim Skubick March 26, 2010 You are aware of the silly little game journalists play to see who can be first to write about a story. Be assured that this is the first time you will read anything about the GOP and Democratic nominees for governor thinking about running mates. How absurd [...]

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What a Difference a Year Makes

March 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments

What a Difference a Year Makes by Tom Shields March 19, 2010 Just a year ago, the pundits had the Republican Party on the verge of extinction. Time Magazine said, “Republicans have the desperate aura of an endangered species,” and speculated that they could sink to the level of a third party in a two-party [...]

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Can the Candidates Do the Job?

March 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Can the CandidatesDo the Job? by John Lindstrom Gongwer News Service March 5, 2010 Herewith a point of argument that includes a prediction: if the professionals involved in government — that is, the people who work in and around state government, be they bureaucrats, lobbyists, policy analysts, reporters and others — were the only ones [...]

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Truth in Advertising

February 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Truth in Advertising by Tim Skubick February 26, 2010 When the Snyder for Guv guys were fact-checking their notorious Nerd commercial, they missed one huge error. The announcer claimed that business guy Snyder had a Ten-Point Plan that the typical career politician would not understand. Turns out, every politician will understand. That’s because much of [...]

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Blown Away

November 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Blown Away by Tim Skubick November 20, 2009 Out of the blue, the governor was asked what title she would use if she wrote a book about her tenure in Lansing. How about Blown Away? You’ll recall that was the line she used in one of her State of the State speeches as she gushed [...]

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