No major fireworks at the GOP debate last night as 4 of the 5 candidates appeared in the Grand Rapids campus of Grand Valley State University. Only Rick Snyder did not participate. See MLive.com, the Detroit News, and Freep.com for more coverage. Our request that Rick Snyder participate (see “Open Letter” post from May 21) [...]

Whether you like him or not, President Obama has a full plate. Today, for example, he fired General Stanley McChrystal, who’s been presiding over the US military efforts in Afghanistan, for insubordination, (among other things; See the Rolling Stones article here). But important matters of national security don’t stop Pete Hoekstra from grandstanding and partisan [...]

I’ve shared numerous examples to support my claim that Attorney General Mike Cox is a grandstanding hack who lacks the judgment to be Michigan’s next Governor, but his tweet this afternoon caught my eye as more proof of the ignorance and delusion that dominates Cox’s thinking. I’m not up-to-speed on the Asian carp issue, but [...]

According to WOOD-TV, Attorney General Mike Cox has pulled slightly ahead of Congressman Pete Hoekstra in the Republican Gubernatorial primary race, according to a new poll from EPIC-MRA. The survey of 600 likely voters taken June 12-15 shows Cox now leading the GOP field with 26%. Hoekstra took 24% from respondents, Ann Arbor businessman Rick [...]

Congressman Joe Barton (R-Texas) has generated a ton of attention from his prepared remarks accusing the White House of a “$20 billion shakedown” of oil giant BP after the company agreed to establish an escrow account to pay the claims of people harmed by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and apologizing [...]