I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Yes, I know it’s far too early to start looking at polls, but since this ABC/Epic-MRA survey is the first major poll to come out that includes the names we know are going to be running for governor in 2010 it has to be reported. For the Republicans, things look unsurprisingly bunched up:
On the Republican side, Rep. Pete Hoekstra is leading the way with 27 percent. But Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox is not too far behind at 26 percent.
And 19 percent said they would choose Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land.
And on the Democratic side, this can’t be good news for Lt. Gov. John Cherry:
But when we included a list of potential Democratic candidates, 49 percent picked Sen. Debbie Stabenow, while 14 percent selected Lt. Gov. John Cherry, and 5 percent picked Wayne County Executive Bob Ficano.
Losing by better than 3/1 to someone who has no intention of running is not a good sign for Cherry’s prospects, even at this early date. On the other hand, the poll also found that when they didn’t give names of candidates, 80% of respondents said they were undecided, so clearly the results of this poll are not likely to last. At this point, such polls are likely to reflect pure name recognition rather than a serious commitment to voting a particular way.
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