by Paul Egan DETROIT FREE PRESS March 2, 2021 LANSING – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer remains a popular leader, but her support has slipped over the last several months in what a pollster believes is a reflection of public frustration over the coronavirus pandemic, nearing its one-year anniversary in Michigan. In a new poll from EPIC-MRA […]
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CUOMO, WHITMER COVID-19 POLICIES HAVEN’T WORKED, BUT FLORIDA’S HAVE
Florida and New York COVID Data Prove Lockdowns Made No Sense by Clay Travis OUTKICK March 2, 2021 Today is the first day of March, which means we now essentially have a full year of COVID data from the four largest states in the country: California, Texas, Florida and New York. Thanks to the fact […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #143 — That Was the Week That Was, Interviews with state Rep. David LaGrand (D-Grand Rapids), and Political PR Mavens John Sellek & Dennis Darnoi
COULD HERSCHEL WALKER BE NEXT REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM GEORGIA?
(Oliver Contreras/Getty Images) By John Gizzi NEWSMAX February 23, 2021 Not since Aug. 20, 1956, when former Sen. Millard Tydings, D-Md., suddenly withdrew from a bid for the seat he lost six years earlier, has the abandonment of a former U.S. senator from a comeback campaign had such an impact on his state’s politics as […]
GOP WILL FIGHT DEMOCRATS’ ATTEMPT TO FEDERALIZE ELECTIONS
Trump Alum, Social Conservatives Launch Effort to Kill HR 1 By Philip Wegmann RealClearPolitics February 23, 2021 (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) A trio of pro-family and anti-abortion groups led by Trump alum Ken Cuccinelli will soon launch a multimillion-dollar campaign to restore confidence in election outcomes among social conservatives, RealClearPolitics has learned. Cuccinelli, the former […]
REPUBLICANS IN STRONGER SHAPE THAN CRITICS CLAIM
A path forward for the GOP in 2022 and 2024 With 26 governors and 62 state legislative bodies, the Republican Party is not dead, not by a longshot Illustration on the future of the GOP by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times more > By Henry Barbour The Washington Times February 19, 2021 ANALYSIS/OPINION: As Republicans look […]
JOCELYN BENSON BROUGHT TO HEEL IN FEDERAL LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT, BUT SHE BLAMES RUTH JOHNSON
It’s difficult for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, to admit she ever does anything wrong. If she is caught with her hand in the cookie jar, she is apt to opine that her predecessor, Republican Ruth Johnson (now a state senator), made her do it. That would be the same Ruth Johnson […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #142 — Capitol Capsule + Interviews with MGM Grand Casino VP Louis Theros, PR Gurus Matt Resch and Elizabeth Battiste, & Jason Snead of Honest Elections Project
FIVE ANSWERS TO BURNING POLITICAL QUESTIONS IN MICHIGAN
Question: Why did Governor Gretchen Whitmer switch her position on allowing high school sports to recommence? Answer: She would say she didn’t, just that she moved the start date up based on ‘the science.’ Remember, this governor does not admit mistakes, and insists that she will not be ‘bullied’ — a self-description never heard from […]