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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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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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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Thanksgiving Postscript

November 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Thanksgiving Postscript by Tim Skubick November 27, 2009 There’s a good reason why political columnists rarely offer up anything remotely connected to Thanksgiving: there is so little for which to give thanks. Should everyone be rejoicing at the professional manner in which lawmakers and the governor resolved this year’s budget? Or better yet, should we [...]

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