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The Confidence Gap Between Democrats And Republicans

Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, The Nation, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Michigan Democrats, Doug Hoffman, Democrats, Mike Nofs, Barack Obama, Msnbc, Michigan Senate, John Cherry, Jennifer Granholm, John Boehner, Michael Steele, Fox News, Michigan Republicans, Keith Olbermann, Tea Party, Michigan, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

Republicans have a well-oiled propaganda machine to facilitate the fantasy of strength and popularity. The message is always the same -- whether the GOP wins or loses, it always wins.

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Michigan Heads Toward Partial Government Shutdown

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michigan, Michigan Shutdown, Michigan Budget, Jennifer Granholm, Politics News

LANSING, Mich. — One of the nation's most economically battered states is heading into more fiscal fights after surviving a short-lived governme...

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Could Barack Obama Make a David Paterson Move in Michigan?

Susan J. Demas | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: John-Cherry, Jennifer Granholm, John Cherry, David Paterson, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Andy Dillon, Debbie Stabenow, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Michigan, Barack Obama, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

In New York, Paterson is down 17 points in general election polling and a whopping 46 percent in a primary. Could it really be that bad for John Cherry in Michigan? Actually, yes.

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The Republican Death March on Health Care

Susan J. Demas | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Health Care Town Halls, Birthers, Obama Healthcare, Jennifer Granholm, Sonia Sotomayor, Health Care Reform, Obama Poll Numbers, Republican Health Care Reform, Town Hall Meetings, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Barack Obama, Republicans, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

Thanks to the town hall turmoil from bigots, birthers and assorted miscreants, Republicans can savor a sugar-high on health care -- a decadent and ultimately short-lived victory.

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You Can Feel the Electricity in the Air...

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Green Cars, Chevy Volt, Jennifer Granholm, Green Jobs, General Motors, Michigan, Battery-Powered Car, Green Business, Green News
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm

A car that gets 230 miles to the gallon? It's coming soon to a dealer near you. And jobs in America making it all possible.

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Governors Holding Midwest High Speed Rail Summit, Sign Pact

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 08.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago High Speed Rail, Pat Quinn, High Speed Rail, Midwest High Speed Rail, High Speed Rail Funding, Midwest Rail Steering Group, Ted Strickland, Chet Culver, Jennifer Granholm, Jim Doyle, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Midwest governors met in Chicago on Monday in a show of unity as they push for an eight-state, high-speed rail network - agreeing to s...

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If Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm Had Resigned Instead of Sarah Palin

Susan J. Demas | Posted 08.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Tim Allen, John McCain, Sweden, Ann Coulter, Bill Pascoe, Sarah Palin Vice President, Canada, Jennifer Granholm, Sarah Palin Resignation, Sarah Palin, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Fox News, Pure Michigan, Michigan, Dan Mulhern, Douglas MacArthur, Medc, Comedy News
Susan J. Demas

Sarah Palin is wading back into the warm bowels of victimhood, whining that everyone's pilin' on about her steppin' down.

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How Obama Will Keep Michigan Blue in 2010

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michigan Budget, Gop, John McCain, Sonia Sotomoayor, John Cherry, Gm, 2010 Election, Reagan Democrats, Government Spending, Macomb County, Anderson Cooper, Joe Biden, Stimulus, Ray Lahood, Barack Obama, Chrysler, Gary Locke, Pork-Barrel Spending, Oakland County, Michigan Republican Party, Unemployment, Hilda Solis, Jennifer Granholm, Sean Hannity, Michigan, Glenn Beck, Rust Belt, Recovery Act, Dennis Darnoi, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

If the Republicans win the governorship here, the national media will trumpet that as an Important Trend. And a sign of the president's impending doom in 2012.

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This is Not My Grandfather's GM (In Memoriam or Rebirth)

Mike Smith | Posted 07.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Bailout, Roger and Me, Jennifer Granholm, President Obama, General Motors, Geroge W. Bush, Roger Moore, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Mike Smith

Our clan was a GM Family. That is, until I bought an Acura and I have never looked back.

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Commerce Secretary Locke: Rail Can Revive Auto Industry

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler Bankruptcy, John McCain, Chrysler, Gm, Mitt Romney, Obama Administration, Commerce, Future of General Motors, 2008 Election, Ray Lahood, Transportation, Automakers, Gary Locke, Jennifer Granholm, General Motors, General Motors Bankruptcy, Chicago, Detroit, Rail, High Speed Rail, Joe Schwarz, Rust Belt, Auto Industry, Business News
Susan J. Demas

Linking up with rail makes perfect sense for a contracting industry, at a time when environmental and economic factors make expanding public transit a necessity.

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GM, Chrysler Dealers: Lobbying Capitol Hill For Their Survival

washingtonpost.com | Dana Hedgpeth | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Bailout, Jennifer Granholm, General Motors, Chrysler Dealers, GM Dealers, Jack Fitzgerald, Detroit Bailout, Business News

Jack Fitzgerald, owner of nine Washington area dealerships -- seven of which are on the chopping block by General Motors and Chrysler -- left his head...

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Why Obama Won't Tap Jennifer Granholm for the Supreme Court

Susan J. Demas | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Rosen, Unemployment, Jennifer Granholm, John Cherry, Craig Deroche, Sonia Sotomayor, The New Republic, David Comey, Saul Anuzis, Michigan, Elena Kagan, Barack Obama, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

The former actress is auditioning for a role in Washington but when you don't get asked to dance at Prom enough times, the invitations tend to dry up.

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Jennifer Granholm, Supreme Court Candidate, To Be At White House

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jennifer Granholm, Granholm, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Obama Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Scotus, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, one of President Barack Obama's candidates for the Supreme Court, will be at the White House on Tu...

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Bush v. Gore Rears Its Head (Part III): Souter's Resignation as an Invitation to Balance a Politicized Court

Shahid Buttar | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, Jennifer Granholm, Antonin Scalia, Judicial Nominations, Conservative Supreme Court Justices, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Souter, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Pamela Karlan and, to a lesser extent, Gov. Granholm would be bold nominees, worthy of the first Supreme Court nomination by a President who himself has broken so much new ground already.

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Republicans Fire Strategist for Telling Them How to Win

Susan J. Demas | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Arlen Specter, Gop, Proposal 2, Ronald Reagan, Jeff Timmer, Dave Doyle, Barack Obama, Jennifer Granholm, Gay Rights, Republicans, Mike Bishop, Dennis Darnoi, GOP Strategist, Moderate Republicans, Arlen Specter Republicans, Michigan, John Engler, Tax Increases, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

What happens when a Republican strategist tries to figure out why the party keeps hemorrhaging votes? Well, in Michigan, he loses his job.

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Will Michigan's Depression Drag Obama Down?

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Ed Montgomery, Chrysler, Detroit Three, Jennifer Granholm, John Cherry, General Motors, Gm, Detroit, Michigan, Barack Obama, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

Unless Obama proves to Michiganders that he is committed to the state as it bleeds jobs due to government-mandated auto restructuring, 2010 could be a very good Republican year here.

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Governor: Michigan `can live with' GM bankruptcy

AP | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: General Motors, General Motors Bankruptcy, Michigan, Michigan Governor Gm, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Jennifer Granholm, Detroit-Michigan, Business News

DETROIT — Michigan's governor says talk about General Motors Corp. declaring bankruptcy "is unhealthy" but says such a filing is something the s...

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Fear and Anger in Michigan

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jennifer Granholm, General Motors, Auto Industry, Barack Obama, Rick Wagoner, Michigan, Detroit-Michigan, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

Fear and anger are rising in Michigan. New York gets what it wants, when it wants it, from Washington; Michigan gets slapped in the face.

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Washington Should Look to Wisconsin for Answer to Health Care Reform

Gov. Jim Doyle | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gov. Granholm, Jennifer Granholm, Gov. Jim Doyle, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Gov-Jim-Doyle, Jim Doyle, Obama Health Care Reform, Regional White House Forum on Health Reform, Health, Politics News
Gov. Jim Doyle

While many states are cutting back on health care programs, here in Wisconsin we are moving forward, expanding access to health care at an unprecedented rate.

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California Emissions Battle Nears Climax, Other States Anxious

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, California Emissions Waiver, Jennifer Granholm, Obama Environment, Michigan, Cars, Pollution, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Green Politics, Green Cars, California, Green News

Under President Bush, the EPA denied California's request to let the state require cleaner cars for its residents. Upon taking office, President Obama...

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Third Governor In Matter Of Days Denounces Coal

Sierra Club | Posted 03.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Mark Sanford, Jennifer Granholm, South Carolina, Coal, Green Politics, Jim Doyle, Green News

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford today became the third governor in a matter of days to renounce coal when he announced his opposition to a coal p...

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Who Wasn't On Stage With Obama and Should Have Been?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Kuttner, Penny Pritzker, Adam Posen, Alan Murray, James Galbraith, George Soros, Doug & Heidi Rediker, Leo Hindery, Eric Schmidt, Richard Parsons, Tom Gallagher, Paul Volcker, Lawrence Summers, Economic Team, Warren Buffet, Kevin Phillips, William Daley, William Donaldson, Jennifer Granholm, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Samuelson, Paul Krugman, Roel Campos, William Bonvillian, Jeffrey Sachs, C. Fred Bergsten, Robert Reich, Antonio Villaraigosa, Joseph Biden, Charlene Barshefsky, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Robert Rubin, Austan Goolsbee, David Bonior, Economic Policy, Rahm Emanuel, Bernard Schwartz, Jason Furhman, Sheila Bair, Anne Mulcahy, Roger Ferguson, Clyde Prestowitz, Sherle Schwenninger, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I'm not satisfied with the roster of economic personalities and thinkers we see Barack Obama mixing with.

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Granholm On Palin: The Michigan Governor Discusses Being Biden's Palin Stand-In

Newsweek | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe Biden, Jennifer Granholm, Vice Presidential Debate, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Tina Fey may be the most popular woman playing Sarah Palin these days. But she's not the most influential. That honor goes to Michigan Governor Jennif...

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Michigan: The Key To Election 2008

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Michigan Delegates, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Snowmobiles, Sarah Palin Vice President, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Election, Housing Slump, Housing Crisis, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Detroit Automakers, Barack Obama 2008, E.J. Dionne Jr, Wall Street Crisis, Unemployment, Jennifer Granholm, Sarah Palin, Detroit, Washington Post, Michigan, Home News
Diane Tucker

"Michigan has suffered this economy in its worst form. Voters blame the Democratic governor and the Democratic Party, and the Republican president and the Republican Party."

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Jason Linkins

Biden Prepares To Debate Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Biden Debate Prep, Jennifer Granholm, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Planning is underway for Joe Biden to gear up for his vice-presidential debate with Sarah Palin, according to reports. I'm not at all sure how one "p...

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