“But the righteous gives, and does not spare.” — Attorney General Bill Schuette, quoting from Proverbs 21:26, before hundreds of donors at the state’s 27th Annual Harvest Gathering at the Country Club of Lansing Wednesday. Launched by Schuette and his wife, Cynthia, in the first year of the administration of Gov. John Engler, the anti-hunger […]
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Stupak’s Book Defends His Role in Passage of Obamacare
When former nine-term Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) first took his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993, he brought two unshakable principles with him — a firm belief in the sanctity of human life, and a conviction that health care should be a right for all Americans, not just a privilege for the […]
PODCAST: Flint Felon Free-for-All/The Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse
Guns in the North Woods/Would Recalling Flint Mayor Weaver Curtail City’s Water Crisis?/Coleman Young Nears Wipeout Defeat/Marquette Electoral Mayhem. Interview with State Representative Sue Allor. Sponsored by Deadline Detroit. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/flint-felon-free-for-allthe-four-horsewomen-of-the-apocalypse/s-0nH9r
Michigan’s Two U.S. Senators Have Sub-Par Job Ratings
By Eli Yokley Morning Consult October 31, 2017 Michigan’s two U.S. Senators — Democrats Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters — have job ratings that are “above water,” meaning that more Michiganders approve of the job they’re doing than disapprove. That’s the good news for the two solons. The bad news is that both Peters and […]
Snyder Still Has One of Lowest Job Ratings Among Nation’s Governors
By Cameron Easley Morning Consult October 31, 2017 Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is tied for fourth-lowest job rating among the nation’s 50 governors, according to a just-released national survey. Snyder is one of only 10 governors whose ratings are “under water,” meaning they are more unfavorable than favorable — 37% of Michiganders approve of the […]
BUCHANAN: It’s Trump’s Party Now
By Patrick Buchanan Creators Syndicate October 27, 2017 “More is now required of us than to put down our thoughts in writing,” declaimed Jeff Flake in his oration against President Trump, just before he announced he will be quitting the Senate. Though he had lifted the title of his August anti-Trump polemic, “Conscience of a Conservative,” […]
BARONE: Both Major Parties Defeating Themselves
by Michael Barone Washington Examiner October 27, 2017 Three weeks ago, I wrote a column about how both parties seem determined to lose the next elections. Since then, the pace has accelerated. The clamor is more visible — and more assiduously reported by mainstream media — among the Republicans. George W. Bush and John McCain, […]
PODCAST: Duggan Ducks Young’s Haymakers/Stabenow’s Rich, GOP Candidates Not So Much
Coleman Young II Plays Race Card in Only Detroit Mayoral Debate/Should Republicans even try to beat Stabenow?/ Can Patrick Colbeck stay in governor’s race while virtually broke? Interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter M.L. Elrick. Sponsored by Deadline Detroit. https://soundcloud.com/user-595768561/duggan-ducks-youngs-haymakersstabenows-rich-gop-candidates-not-so-much
RCP: Trump Shoots Down Retirement Cap to Pay for GOP Tax Cuts
by Marcy Gordon Real Clear Politics Oct. 23, 2017 Donald Trump shot down a possible approach for raising revenue to finance tax cuts in politically must-do legislation for the Republicans, promising Monday the popular 401(k) retirement program will be untouched. As Republicans hurtle toward producing a bill to overhaul the U.S. tax system, they’re scrambling to […]
Carl Cannon: Can Bi-Partisanship Ever Make a Difference Again?
By Carl M. Cannon RCP Staff October 23, 2017 NEW ORLEANS — Viewing the exhibits at the National World War II Museumhere through the prism of our current political disunity gives one pause. I couldn’t help but wonder what it will take to get Americans pulling in the same direction, as the nation did more than seven […]