A version of this post also appeared at Michigan Liberal.
Michigan native and gimlet-eyed blogger Nate Silver asks what’s wrong with Obama in Michigan. It’s not a pretty picture, all the more because some of the reasons are clearly self-inflicted.
The campaign’s late start is a big reason. As he explains:
In conversations with friends and family during [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mark Brewer’
Self-Inflicted Injuries
Posted in Elections, Michigan, tagged RMGN, Macomb, Granholm, Mark Brewer, McCain, Kwame Kilpatrick on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Selling Out Our Values
Posted in Communty, Democratic Party, Michigan, tagged RMGN, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Macomb, Mark Brewer, Hispanics, Voting, Civil Rights on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The item is relatively small, almost a toss away. Under the guise of election reform the Reform Michigan Government Now! proposal would “prohibit illegal immigrants from registering or voting” (as the UAW PowerPoint summarizes it).
Who could be against that? By definition you need to be a citizen to vote. Rather obvious, really. [...]
Rumble on the Southbelt (3) — the Petri Dish
Posted in Elections, tagged Justin Amash, Ken Yonker, Kent County, Kentwood, Mark Brewer, MI 72, Obama, Republican Party, Steil on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Republican primary battle in State House District 72 (S. Kent County) pits three distinctive styles of conservatism against one another. In the August 5 primary we can begin to see the relative strength of each flavor of the party. Let’s take a look at them.
On one hand there is the conventional institutional Republicanism [...]
