Attorney General Mike Cox has thought of himself in the driver’s seat for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, but that lead has slipped away as upstart Rick Snyder, who began the race with virtually zero name recognition, has taken the lead in the recent EPIC-MRA poll. So Cox is going negative. And he’s looking desperate. Cox [...]

Rick Snyder, now leading in the most recent EPIC-MRA poll, appears to have the momentum going into the final weekend, but it’s truly too close to call with Snyder, Pete Hoekstra and Mike Cox all within the margin of error heading into the final election. It’s all going to come down to which way those [...]

I have to admit, I haven’t paid a lot of attention to this “Manoogian Mansion” story, but the rumors and implications just won’t go away for Attorney General Mike Cox. Don’t tell me there’s yet another “Family Values”, social conservative Republican involved in a sex-related scandal! The rumor, of course, is that Cox attended a [...]

Pete Hoekstra sent an email to his list today encouraging folks that by voting for him, they were “Sending Obama a Message”. This logic is flawed and misguided on numerous levels. First and foremost, Michigan’s sorry economic state has nothing to do with President Obama. Some Republicans are tired of the “blame it on Bush” [...]

Politico reports a new survey form EPIC-MRA shows Ann-Arbor businessman Rick Snyder now leading the hotly-contested GOP gubernatorial primary. The poll of 400 likely Republican voters taken July 26-27 has Snyder leading the Republican pack with 26% compared with 24% for Attorney General Mike Cox and 23% for Representative Pete Hoekstra. Oakland County Sheriff Mike [...]