Depending on what happens with the red-hot Congressional/legislative redistricting case before a three-judge federal court in Wisconsin, Michigan Democrats may decide to pounce sooner rather than later. Former Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer is undoubtedly looking for something to do now that his client Jill Stein’s effort to force a recount of Michigan’s presidential […]
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Latest Podcast Interviews Singh
The latest Friday Morning Podcast interviews MI House Dem. Leader Sam Singh. We also had a quick historical discussion about the Electoral College. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/interview-whouse-dem-leader-sam-singh-and-discussion-on-electoral-college/s-Tmjiw
Term Limits Re-Do Fizzles Out
One major piece of legislation was approved in the 98th Michigan Legislature’s lame duck session, which adjourned Dec. 15 except for a few last-minute house-keeping duties on New Year’s Eve. In the dying hours of lame duck, lawmakers gave final approval to an overhaul of the state’s energy policy in a deal brokered by Gov. […]
Interview with Trump atty Eric Doster; Romney for RNC Chair?
And a Little Update on Lame Duck An exclusive interview with Trump atty Eric Doster. And what’s going on with Ronna Romney McDaniel for RNC Chair? https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/interview-wtrump-atty-eric-doster-romney-mcdaniel-for-rnc-chair
Yooper Solons Don’t Like Wolves
There he goes again! A bill sponsored by that veteran scourge of four-legged predators, state Senator Tom Casperson (R-Escanaba), is moving with lightning speed through the Legislature and could reach Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk by week’s end. The measure (SB 1187) would resurrect wolf hunting in Michigan despite a litany of defeats for the […]
Schuette v. Mark Brewer, DeVos and Ben Carson, and the Latest on the Recount
The MI recount is another Mark Brewer v. Bill Schuette battle. Two from MI (Ben Carson and Betsy DeVos) are nominated to be in Trump’s cabinet. What else is going on in MI–it’s all in the latest Friday Morning Podcast, with Bill Ballenger and Dennis Denno. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/devos-and-ben-carson-schuette-v-brewer-and-the-recount
Mark Brewer Returns from Elba — What’s Next?
Does Mark Brewer want his old job back? Could be, and his party could do worse than let him have it. When longtime Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Brewer was ousted from his post at a 2013 party convention after a record 18 years at the helm, one immediate result was that judicial campaigns are no […]
Michigan Presidential Vote Recount Imbroglio
Mass confusion continues to reign over what is happening, or may happen, with respect to a recount of the Nov. 8 election results in Michigan. Everyone knows Green Party candidate Jill Stein has petitioned for a recount, even though she received only 1% of the vote. Against all odds, she’s winning her battle to get […]
MI Prez Recount and Lame Duck in Latest Friday Morn. Podcast
What’s the latest with the potential Presidential recount in Michigan? And what might happen in Michigan’s lame duck session of the legislature? Find it all in the latest edition of the Friday Morning Podcast, with Bill Ballenger and Dennis Denno. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/mi-recount-and-lameduck/s-2pM7h
A Letter to Lansing from Ann Arbor
In the wake of her Nov. 8 general election victory, the newest State Representative from the 52nd State House District evidently plans on spending only a single term in the state House before she takes on her next goal — winning election to the state Senate in 2018. That’s the only way you can explain […]