Political Establishment Out of Touch with Voters

February 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Political Establishment Out of Touch with Voters Guest Column by Roger Buchholtz February 16, 2010 Scott Brown’s Massachusetts victory demonstrates the disconnect between voters and the Republican and Democratic Party establishments that has been in evidence for some time now. That view was validated in two December 2009 polls: Wall Street Journal/NBC – Comparing the [...]

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Politics after Cherry

January 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Politics after Cherry by Gongwer News Service January 8, 2010 For all his angels on the head of a pin, Thomas Aquinas is not easy to simplify, but he did speak of knowing by faith and knowing by reason. On Monday, January 4, Michigan Democrats knew both by reason and faith that Lt. Governor John [...]

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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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Inaction Fuels Frustration

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Inaction Fuels Frustration by Gongwer News Service November 20, 2009 When he published his classic novel on the Middle Eastern conflict, “The Little Drummer Girl,” author John LeCarre was accused of being pro-Palestinian by Israelis and pro-Israeli by the Palestinians. How could one choose a side, LeCarre asked, when both sides are right? So it [...]

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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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Budget Aftermath: Signs, Portents and Guns

November 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Budget Aftermath: Signs, Portents and Guns by Gongwer News Service November 6, 2009 Signs and portents and guns, and all of them part of the state of affairs in the state these few days after Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the final budget bills for 2009-10 — which, as everyone concludes, finalized nothing. There are hopeful [...]

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