The mega-publishing house Simon & Schuster announced April 5 that a Gov. Gretchen WHITMER “memoir” entitled ‘True Gretch’ will be published in July. The last Michigan governor to do this in the run-up to a presidential election was a man named George Romney back in 1967, slightly more than halfway through his gubernatorial tenure, as […]
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MICHIGAN’S SUPREME COURT IS UP FOR GRABS
Question 1): The Michigan AFL-CIO has endorsed state Supreme Court Justice Kyra BOLDEN for re-election and also law professor Kimberly Ann THOMAS, who is running for an open seat on the high bench in the Nov. 5 general election. If Big Labor’s influence prevails at this fall’s Democratic state convention, as it usually does, Thomas […]
SLOTKIN v. ROGERS, SANCTUARY CITIES, & MICHIGAN AUDITOR GENERAL DISSED
Question 1): Is it clear now that Michigan’s 2024 general election race for the U.S. Senate will be between Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers? Answer 1): Yes, barring an unexpected calamity for either of them. Donald Trump’s endorsement of Rogers sealed the deal on the Republican side, despite the bleatings of some feckless […]
WILL THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE DEFY GOV. WHITMER’S ATTEMPT TO GUT THE AUDITOR GENERAL?
The Only Question This Week): Overlooked until last week was Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer‘s proposal to cut the budget of the state’s Auditor General by 28%. Whitmer wants to slash spending in support of her state’s Office of the Auditor General, which is a non-partisan ‘watchdog’ agency, by $8.3 million. Whitmer’s budget proposal for the […]
FOUR BIG QUESTIONS IN MICHIGAN POLITICS, & FOUR BIG ANSWERS
Question 1): How close did the President’s State of the Union Address come to inspiring the energy needed for Democrats to reignite the national coalition that won for them in 2020? Answer 1): “Inspire” is too strong a word to use in describing reaction to any of President Biden’s speeches, but his SOTU remarks probably […]
ANOTHER MSU KERFUFFLE, & IS RIGHT TO LIFE DEAD?
Are Vassar and Denno History? There have been only Two Times a Michigan Governor has Booted Elected Officials from Office … Question 1): The Michigan State University Board of Trustees last week sent to Gov. Gretchen WHITMER an independent report on the ways in which members Rema VASSAR and Dennis DENNO violated various board bylaws […]
MICHIGAN’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY LAYS ANOTHER EGG — TIME TO GET RID OF IT?
Question 1): President Joe Biden easily won the Democrats’ side of the Feb. 27 Michigan Presidential Primary with roughly 81% of the vote. Former President Donald Trump romped to a lopsided victory over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the Republican contest. Total turnout statewide was about 23%, meaning three voters out of every […]
TOP MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS BUNGLE CAMPAIGN FINANCE PROBE
NESSEL AND BENSON COULD HAVE SLAIN ‘DARK MONEY’ IN MICHIGAN, BUT THEN THEY BOTH BLINKED Question 1): Attorney General Dana Nessel announced criminal charges last week against two Republican political fund-raisers, Heather Lombardini, and Sandy Baxter, for their involvement in the illegal funding of the 2020-2021 ballot question committee Unlock Michigan. Heather Lombardini serves […]
WILL MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS PLAY HARDBALL WITH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS IN 2024?
WHAT IF MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS IN 2024 TOOK A PAGE FROM THE 2020 TRUMP ‘MAGA’ PLAYBOOK? THEY COULD HAVE THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE ITSELF APPOINT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS! Is there any constitutional basis for such a radical and seemingly anti-democratic maneuver? Think about it. In 2000, then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote in a concurring opinion in Bush v […]
MICHIGAN’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, BALLOT PROPOSALS, & TRUMP
Question 1): How many proposals are there likely to be on the Nov. 5 General Election statewide ballot? In some years they have had a profound effect on turnout, often favoring one party and its candidates, or the other. An example would be Proposal 3 in 2022, which asked for sweeping reproductive rights to be […]