Perles’ Misdirection Play

August 11th, 2011 · No Comments

MSU’s former football coach finally comes clean on his widely reported plan to run for governor.

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Civil Service Commission Sets Off New Controversy

February 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

State workers’ new benefit upsets Gov. Snyder, adds fuel to public-private pay debate.

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Dillon Appointment Creates Ripples, Not Yet Regrets

November 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Four things to consider about the governor-elect’s naming Andy Dillon as treasurer.

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Poll Tries to Polish Granholm Legacy

July 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Poll Tries to Polish Granholm Legacy July 9, 2010 They are quietly passing out the polish deep inside the Granholm administration as the effort continues to put a little gloss on the governor’s economic track record — which is not breaking any records, to say the least. Even she is forced to concede that the [...]

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Peas in a Primary Pod

May 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Peas in a Primary Pod May 21, 2010 At first blush, Andy Dillon and Rick Snyder have zilch in common. Blush again. They both emerged from the private business sector into politics. They are more cerebral than they are political animals, by a long shot. If given a chance, they would blow up all the [...]

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Spread the Sunshine

April 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Spread the Sunshine by Tim Skubick April 16, 2010 In a sport where timing is everything, the Bernero for Governor team has racked up one impressive win after another. He was first to defend the domestic auto industry when it was under siege in the nation’s capital. He was first to argue that Lt. Governor [...]

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Getting to Know You

April 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Getting to Know You by Tim Skubick April 9, 2010 In the midst of the most convoluted governor’s race in modern times, one question keeps popping up: why would anybody want to be governor now? Aside from the lousy economy and a toxic political environment in town, there’s another good reason to avoid this job [...]

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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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Daddy-Daughter Dance

March 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Daddy-Daughter Dance by Tim Skubick March 12, 2010 This is a tale of four fathers with daughters. Let’s start with Bob Bowman. For two full terms he worked as state treasurer for Gov. Jim Blanchard. “I’ve always been interested in being governor,” Bowman confessed after he left state government. But the interest remained unexplored until [...]

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