After the President’s address, a couple of items from Pete Hoekstra and John Shadegg’s piece in last week’s WSJ stand out. Not least, will Pete agree?
Reform Insurance
The heart of their piece, the moment when they begin to actually talk about the real human need comes when they say
” no one should go bankrupt because of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hoekstra’
More Radical Than They Knew
Posted in Health care, National, tagged Health care, Hoekstra, Obama, Vern Ehlers on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Game Changer
Posted in Elections, Politics, tagged Hoekstra, Mike Bouchard, Mike Cox, Republican Party, Terri Land on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Michigan GOP may finally have hit bottom last week. It wasn’t one last act of outrageousness, but a move of a different sort: Terri Lynn Land dropped out of the Governor race, and endorsed Mike Bouchard.
The move certainly shocked some observers throughout the State, but to those who have been following her press trail [...]
That old gang of mine
Posted in Elections, tagged Cheney, Governor's race, Hoekstra, Mike Cox on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Vice President Cheney’s address the other day must be a mixed blessing to the local GOP folks. On one hand, there was the old fashioned religion, delivered straight. “You’re going to eat your carrots, and you’re going to like it!” In a time of uncertainty about their own future, not to mention that of the [...]
The Shape of Things to Come
Posted in Elections, Politics, tagged Grand Rapids, Hoekstra, Muskegon, Newaygo, Redistricting, Vern Ehlers on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As sure as robin in spring, the hiring of Census workers can only mean one thing: time to again contemplate carving up the political landscape. And really, nothing is quite so delicious. Especially in Michigan with likely loss of at least one congressional seat. A whole new set of winners and losers is ready to [...]
The way things were
Posted in Communty, Republican Folly, tagged common good, culture war, Hoekstra, Republican Party on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
David Brooks’ essay this morning at The New York Times brings to mind a lost world of a generation ago. For him the Republican party has lost its way, has failed to learn the right lessons from the Western movie myth: it wasn’t the lone ranger that saves the day, but the community. Here is [...]
Why the silence?
Posted in Communty, Economy, tagged Brandon Dillon, Dave Hildenbrand, David La Grand, Hoekstra, Justin Amash, Kevin Green, Mike Cox, Republican Party, Terri Land, Tom Pearce on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Looking at the gathering Monday at the Wealthy Street Theatre, you couldn’t really blame Republicans for staying away. It was a meeting on foreclosure dominated by area activists, minorities and Democrats — not exactly the kind of crowd that even City GOP members hang with. Still ceding the issue, letting The Press editorialize [...]
Visceral Reaction
Posted in Faith, National, tagged abortion, Hoekstra, Obama, Pro-life, torture, Vern Ehlers on January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This past Thursday not only marked the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, but also the turning of an important page restoring constitutional government.
On the Mall in Washington, hundreds of thousands gathered for the annual March for Life. And in the Oval Office—really within earshot—President Obama put his signature on Executive Orders closing Guantanamo CIA [...]
Standing with GM
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged David La Grand, GM, Hoekstra, Mike Cox, Terri Land, Vern Ehlers on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The future of Michigan and West Michigan politics is being decided not in our state, but in the corridors of Washington. For a few smart pols have seen the writing: now is the time to stand up for the state and yes, for the much maligned General Motors and the much-maligned auto industry. [...]
Rescue Me!
Posted in Economy, Republican Folly, tagged GM, Hoekstra, UAW on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The political horror show that has been the auto hearings took another turn today as Congress and the Republicans refused to offer any relief. As Wednesday’s Times notes,
But with the House set to adjourn at the end of Thursday, the automakers were left with only the dimmest of hopes that Congress would provide any [...]
The Wilderness Preference
Posted in Elections, Michigan, tagged Dan Tietema, Hoekstra, Hoogendyk, Justin Amash, Michigan Future, Republican Party on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As if we needed reminders, Sunday’s news reports that Rep. Peter Hoekstra is looking seriously at a run for the Governor’s chair in 2010. Maybe it’s the month of August or perhaps it’s a slow news cycle — this does seem to be a little old. Nonetheless it does confirm [...]
