Note: a form of this also appeared at West Michigan Rising.
Joe Crawford is out moonlighting again.
The spirit of, if not the actual words of Joe Crawford is alive tonite at The Grand Rapids Press and its sterling endorsement of Justice Cliff Taylor. I suppose it’s only right, after all the other Republicans are [...]
Archive for October, 2008
More Moonlighting
Posted in Elections, Michigan, tagged Clifford Taylor, Grand Rapids Press on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What Has He Done?
Posted in Elections, Michigan, tagged Hoogendyk, Republican Party on October 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
That was the petulant cry of Jack Hoogendyk the other night in his debate with Sen. Carl Levin. And it didn’t get any better at the Detroit Economic Club. As the release of the Levin ad today demonstrates, Levin has done plenty.
But that’s not the point.
Hoogendyk represents the low [...]
Counting the Cost
Posted in Elections, Michigan, tagged Bruce Hawley, Dan Tietema, Hoogendyk, Republican Party, SH 75, SH-73 on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If the pictures over at Michigan Messenger are to be believed, it’s over. But what does this mean for local contests?
Well for one, there’s a fair amount of grief, even denial. Like Saul Anuzis said,
“This move leaves a tremendous hole in our ground campaign that we must now fill…I won’t sugar coat it; the [...]
How Convenient
Posted in Michigan, Washington, tagged Margaret Chiara on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a good reason why the Attorney General appointed a special prosecutor this past Monday. After all, even the Department of Justice report on what happened with the firing of Margaret Chiara is confused.
As Ken Kolker in the Press makes clear, the nominal reason of a disrupted office hid a more complicated, and in [...]
Pouring on the Happy Juice
Posted in Elections, tagged Dan Tietema, Education, Fair Tax, Robert Dean, SH 75 on October 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nick, over at RightMichigan has his share of optimism, especially when it comes to the 75th State House District (Robert Dean):
This traditionally Republican seat is located entirely inside the city of Grand Rapids but has a growing urban population that’s trended it blue the last several cycles. Still, the political pros consider it a [...]
