MI Morning Update: Granholm's Shell Game, MIchigan Primary Heating Up
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306 Days until Election Day
MORNING UPDATE:
Granholm’s/Democrat’s Taxpayer Fraud gets worse. The state announces a $350 million surplus, yet the latest figures show that the Governor underfunded pension commitments, education funding and borrowed funds from the tobacco settlement…just pushing off more hard decisions down the line.
Why the shell game???
Michigan needs leadership and responsible reforms as the way we spend tax payer’s dollars. Now is the time for a bi-partisan approach to address the “structural reforms” needed to put Michigan back on the right track.
Presidential politics continues to take center stage on the national front. Weekly Standards Editor Bill Kristol yesterday, on WJR’s Frank Beckman Show, said Michigan will be “the state” when it comes to the Republican nominating process!
Nationally, Michigan’s primary is getting more attention and folks are realizing how important Michigan will be given the lack of consensus coming out of Iowa and New Hampshire.
Democrat spin on Iowa…the Democrats keep talking about how many more “participants” showed up on the Dem side…well, the Republicans held a “straw poll” while the Democrats actually elected delegates. No surprise, not relevant…but as usual…a great way to spin a “Clinton rejection”.
Our 2007 Annual Report was emailed out to our party activists yesterday and is posted on our blog at:
http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/01/2007-annual-rep.html
If you are interested in the RNC presidential primary reform options, here is the proposal Debbie Dingell and I proposed to both national parties. For more information go to:
http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2007/12/dingell-anuzis.html
The bottom line: trust will be the issue if Senator Clinton is the nominee. Hypocrisy will be the issue if John Edwards is the nominee and experience will be the issue if Obama is the nominee.
THE REST OF THE STORY:
No further commentary today.
For complete post go to: http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/01/articles-of-i-2.html
Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
Chairman
Michigan Republican Party