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 to even think about [...]

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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 system.
John Cherry looked [...]

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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 Lt. Gov. John Cherry dropped out [...]

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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 who could vote in [...]

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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 most fun to [...]

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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 be thankful that they took [...]

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