Look at today's newspaper headlines (Detroit News, Lansing State Journal, Grand Rapids Press, etc.) and even inside or below the fold (give them room for coverage of Ford's death), you don't see much about the job status of Michigan...
We started 2006 with the worst in the nation [...]
The nominations will end Tuesday, December 26th for Best & Worst 2006 in Michigan Politics. Please continue to send your nomations to PoliticsMI at gmail dot com.
[...]An interesting take on Rudy Giuliani by the editor of "Almanac of American Politics," and a Michigan native, Michael Barone:
Pollster.com has an interesting summary of the poll standings for the Republican nomination in 2008. It makes the point, largely overlooked by political writers of all stripes, [...]
Former GOP VA Governor James Gilmore is consdiering a run for President.
[...]Granholm is gearing up for a massive tax-hike in early 2007. This will surely help Michigan's worst-in-the nation unemployment rate.
Governor says budget hole is huge for this year, next| 12/21/2006, 12:11 p.m. ET By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press |
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Thursday warned [...]
Ok, it's that time of the year...cheesy lists time. Please drop via e-mail or as a comment names to nominate names for two categories:
1) 2006 Worst Person in Michigan politics.
2) 2006 Best Person in Michigan politics.
Once the names are rounded up, we'll post them in a survey format for readers [...]
Oh happy joy...today I got my invite to the Inauguration of Jennifer Granholm in the mail. Spiffy.
The invite:
The Michigan Inaugural Committee
requests the honor of your presence to attend and participate in
the Inauguration of
Jennifer M. Granholm as Governor of the State of Michigan
and John D. [...]
To be fair to the Romney camp with the posting of the Washington Post story...there is always this statement by John McCain to evaluate:
"We are the party of Abraham Lincoln, not Bob Jones"
Snip
"Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the [...]
The Washington Post raises some questions about Mitt Romney. Who is the real Mitt?
The WP writes:
As he prepares for a 2008 presidential campaign, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has championed the conservative principles that guided President Ronald Reagan, become an [...]
MIRS reports that Dave Dishaw, failed candidate for GOP chair against Saul Anuzis will lead the "Grassroots" effort in Michigan for John McCain.
Today MIRS reports on the idealogical rankings of the state Senate. The top 3 most conservative state Senators are:
- Nancy Cassis (R-Novi), Alan Sanborn (R-Clinton Township), Alan Cropsey (R-DeWitt)
The top 3 most liberal state Seantors are:
- Martha Scott (D-Highland Park), Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor), [...]
