Rick Snyder took a few hits during his eight years as Michigan governor, but he was a big success in one area that virtually nobody has paid any attention to — making appointments. That’s no mean achievement; at least two of his antecedents flunked the test. In his two terms, Snyder and his appointment directors […]
THE POLITICAL INSIDER: Episode #30 — Interviews with MLive’s Emily Lawler & Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News
Michigan Again Leads Nation in Recall Elections
Maybe Michiganders are just more ornery than anywhere else. That may be the only way to explain how the Great Lakes State has jumped back to the top of the list in the number of recall elections at all levels of government in 2018. For the first time in three years, a state other than […]
THE POLITICAL INSIDER: Episode #29 — Lame Duck, featuring interviews with the Detroit News’s Jonathan Oosting & the Detroit Free Press’s Paul Egan
THE POLITICAL INSIDER: Episode #27 — Interviews with state Rep. Peter Lucido & former state Treasurer Bob Kleine
THE ATLANTIC: How the Democrats Took Back Michigan
A DEMOCRATIC TSUNAMI in the midterms engulfed the state Donald Trump won narrowly in 2016 — and could keep the state blue in 2020. by EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE Nov. 18, 2018 DETROIT— Gretchen Whitmer had her red water bottle with the Wonder Woman logo. Debbie Stabenow was touching up her makeup. Dana Nessel was up front, […]
THE POLITICAL INSIDER: Episode #26 — Interviews with Kelly Rossman-McKinney & MITA’s Lance Binoniemi
THE POLITICAL INSIDER: Episode #25 — Interviews with Rusty Merchant, Ed Noyola & Joanna Johnson
ELECTION 2018 AFTERTHOUGHTS: What Happened in Michigan, and What Does it Mean?
Unlike what happened nationally, it was a true blue wave — not a blue ripple or a purple puddle. The Nov. 6 general election clearly represented a big Democratic victory, as the party swept all of the state constitutional offices; retained a U.S. Senate seat; net-gained two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives (dragging […]
Schuette-Inspired Anti-Hunger Drive Delivers Again
An annual food drive started by Attorney General Bill Schuette nearly three decades ago has once again topped its goal of raising money and edibles for more than two million meals for families across Michigan. Phil Knight, director of the Food Bank of Michigan, has announced that the 28th Annual Michigan Harvest Gathering Campaign was […]