Bob LaBrant is firing still another shot. Will it be his last? The retired attorney, now in quarantine in rural Perry outside Lansing, was the architect, along with former Gov. John Engler and a few others like the late Ambassador Peter Secchia, of most of the Michigan Republican Party’s electoral success over the past four […]
NEVER-TRUMPER ASSESSES THE ELECTION CARNAGE
WHAT HAPPENED NOV. 3rd? HERE’S THE BEST ANALYSIS EVER!
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – NOVEMBER 06: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden addresses the nation at the Chase Center November 6, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. By John Judis Talking Points Memo Nov. 10, 2020 A lot of people, including me, were misled by opinion polls into thinking that Democrats would make out like bandits in this election […]
NATION SPLIT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE SO FAR IN 21st CENTURY
Opinion We’re still living in a 49% nation by Michael Barone, Senior Political Analyst The Washington Examiner| November 10, 2020 In early 2001, in the wake of the closely contested 2000 presidential election, I wrote an Introduction to The Almanac of American Politics called “The 49 percent nation.” Not only was the popular vote for […]
JOSEY BALLENGER RUNAWAY WINNER IN TCAPS BOARD ELECTION; THREE INCUMBENTS OUSTED
Change on TCAPS board as 3 challengers unseat incumbents By Brendan Quealy bquealy@record-eagle.com TRAVERSE CITY RECORD-EAGLE Nov 5, 2020 TRAVERSE CITY — Tuesday was an anomaly for a local board of education race. All three incumbent candidates for the Traverse City Area Public Schools Board of Education were ousted from their seats. Any incumbent losing […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #127 — Post -Election Wrap-Up + Interviews with Political Gurus Mark Grebner & John Couvillon
MICHIGAN ONE OF SIX KEY STATES IN PRESIDENTIAL SWEEPSTAKES TODAY
Michigan Key battlegrounds: Of all the battleground states that flipped from blue to red four years ago, Michigan still appears most likely to swing back to supporting the Democratic nominee. Recent polls have brought Biden’s average lead down to about 6.5-percentage points, but that’s still larger than the apparent edge Hillary Clinton had headed into the election […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #126 — Pre-Election Prestidigitation + Interviews with state Rep. Ann Bollin (R-Brighton), Political Consultant David Forsmark & WALLET HUB
DEMOCRATIC PARTY STRATEGY FOR WINNING MICHIGAN THIS YEAR
AdChoices The 11,000 Votes That Haunt Michigan Democrats Edward-Isaac Dovere The Atlantic magazine Oct. 27, 2020 In 2016, Donald Trump won Michigan by the narrowest margin of any state—10,704 votes. © Jim Watson / AFP / Getty “There are 11,000 more votes in Detroit,” Garlin Gilchrist told himself that night. “There are 11,000 Black men […]
AUSTRALIA GETS IT RIGHT: ‘DOWN UNDER’ GETS WHAT’S GOING ON BETTER THAN WE DO
From The Sydney Morning Herald: Seven reasons this year’s US election is not a repeat of 2016 By Matthew Knott The Sydney Morning Herald Oct. 27, 2020first published at 2.23pm Washington: With just nine days remaining until the US presidential election, Democratic nominee Joe Biden continues to lead President Donald Trump by significant margins in […]