Here are a few examples: Legislative COUP D’ETAT and GUBERNATORIAL REMOVALS. A couple of weeks ago, The Ballenger Report reminded Michigan political junkies (and a few journalists who care) of the “nuclear options” available under the state’s constitution of impeachment, expulsion and recall for getting rid of radioactive public officials. A deeper delve into the […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #89 — Interviews with ex-Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer, MLive’s Lauren Gibbons, PR Maven Bob Kolt and Kyle Kondit of Sabato’s Crystal Ball
LIKE DOROTHY IN ‘THE WIZARD OF OZ,’ TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT KANSAS
Sometimes you can be right for the wrong reasons, and wrong for the right reasons, both at the same time. Democrats and the news media jumped all over President Donald Trump this past Sunday for making still another geographical blunder — he’s made a bunch of ’em — by congratulating the Kansas City Chiefs, winners […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #88 — Interviews with state Rep. Pam Hornberger (R-Chesterfield Twp), Voting Guru Mark Grebner, & Jenell Leonard of Marketing Resource Group
IMPEACHMENT, EXPULSION AND RECALL: MICHIGAN’S POLITICAL NUCLEAR OPTIONS
Impeachment is all the rage in Washington, D.C., these days. But, out in ‘flyover’ country, like Michigan, how does that work? Does Michigan have such a thing as impeachment? Well, yes, but impeachment hasn’t been any more effective in Michigan than in the nation’s capital. In fact, a case could be made that impeachment isn’t […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #87 — Interview with Craig Thiel, Research Director, Citizens Research Council of Michigan
#FRIDAY MORNING PODCAST GETS MICHIGAN POLITICS RIGHT, SAYS HOUR DETROIT
Now in its fourth year, Friday Morning Podcast is one of the best podcasts extant on Michigan politics, says Steve Friess of HOUR DETROIT magazine. Friess lists five podcasts that “Get Michigan Politics Right,” including not only Friday Morning Podcast but also MIRS Monday, The Craig Fahle Show, Michigan Policast, and Field Days. All Friday […]
LET’S GO BACK TO 1908. ONLY TWO SURVIVE!
No, none that were BORN in that year, but a pair that served in the Michigan Legislature under the 1908 Constitution. After all, if they were born in 1908, they would turn 112 years old this year. Maybe that’s a little too much to expect. Last week, we reported that, with the death of former […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #86 — Interviews with Crain’s Chad Livengood on Toll Roads, Sports Commentator Dave “Mad Dog” DeMarco on Baseball Scandal, and Dennis Eade on Great Lakes Fishing
JACK FAXON IS GONE. ONLY RAY MURPHY SURVIVES
The death of former state Senator Jack Faxon, who passed away Jan. 9 at age 83, leaves Raymond M. Murphy (D-Detroit) as the last surviving delegate to the state Constitutional Convention of 1961-62 who also served in the Michigan Legislature. The iconoclastic Faxon served three decades in the Legislature from 1965-1994 (three terms in the […]