NEXT MCDP MEETING: AUGUST 12, 2010, 7:00 PM, CIO HALL
07/28/2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Whenever I hear liberal-to-centrist pundits saying that even if Sarah [Palin] gets the Republican nomination, she will only ensure Obama's re-election, I shudder. That this representative of pure ignorance, retrograde religion, and class envy is being taken seriously at all speaks volumes about the dumbing down of America. " -- Susan Jacoby
THE GOVERNOR'S RACE - Daily Kos
07/28/2010 Is Bouchard the sleeper candidate on the GOP side?
Virtually all of the attention in Michigan is on the triumvirate of Mike Cox, Peter Hoekstra, and Rick Snyder, but Hotline On Call's Dan Roem is betting on a longshot in that primary. He is betting on Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard. Roem's rationales are solid: not only does Bouchard have more cash to blow in the final week of the campaign than anyone else in the field, he has been courting the uber-activist (some might say "batshit crazy") vote, with the endorsements of luminaries such as Ted Nugent, Joe Arpaio, and Samuel Joe the Plumber.
In other Michigan gov news, Attorney General Mike Cox is fending off a new allegation, and a salacious one, at that. An eyewitness, who claimed he worked security at a long-rumored wild party thrown by Kwame Kilpatrick in 2002 in Manoogian Mansion, is now alleging that not only was Mike Cox a guest at the party, he was the recipient of a lap dance from one of the cadre of exotic dancers hired to work to the party. Cox, for his part, vehemently denies the allegation, and it is worth noting that the accuser in question does have three criminal convictions on his record over the past 14 years
BIGGEST OIL SPILL IN MIDWEST HISTORY
07/28/2010 For the first time in my 50 years of going to the Muskegon State Park Beach last night, there were signs posted that, due to bacterial concerns, swimming was not advisable. What the hell....
In other water news: If you think you know what's going on with that oil spill in the Kalamazoo River...you know, the one that headed out to Lake Michigan... then think again. Naturally, there's politics involved, too.
NEXT MCDP MEETING: AUGUST 12, 2010, 7:00 PM, CIO HALL
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Whenever I hear liberal-to-centrist pundits saying that even if Sarah [Palin] gets the Republican nomination, she will only ensure Obama's re-election, I shudder. That this representative of pure ignorance, retrograde religion, and class envy is being taken seriously at all speaks volumes about the dumbing down of America. " -- Susan Jacoby
