MI GOP leaders moan, groan, and bitch. It's all Bush's fault, you know.

[Bozita]

Saturday, October 18, 2008
Decision 2008
Mich. GOP hurt by unpopular Bush
Party leaders fear links to president will cast pall over their candidates.
Gordon Trowbridge / Detroit News Washington Bureau


On the January day in 2001 when George W. Bush became the 43rd president of the United States, 4.6 million Michiganians had a job. More than 850,000 of them worked in manufacturing, the sector that built the state's economy. Three days before, General Motors Corp. had reported a $5 billion profit for 2000.

Today, as the Bush administration winds down its eighth and final year, there are more than 400,000 fewer jobs in the state. The number of manufacturing jobs has shrunk by one-third. GM's market value has plunged to 1920s levels. And Michigan Republicans are scrambling desperately to escape the shadow of eight years that have been anything but kind to Michigan.

Bush attempted to smooth over the tension at a quick get-together with Michigan business owners in Grand Rapids this week. But leaders of his own party blame him for many of their problems. With GOP presidential nominee John McCain's decision to withdraw from Michigan this month, Republicans appear to have lost their battle to tie Barack Obama and other Democrats to Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the state tax increases she helped push through Lansing last year.

"We're clearly suffering from the president's unpopularity and a damaged brand nationwide," said Saul Anuzis, chairman of the state Republican Party.

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http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081018/POLITICS01/810180349/&imw=Y

[AlCzervik]

1. These whiners believe in the terrible policies Bush does and even if they don't they

sure as don't speak up. Dance with the one that brung yuh whiners.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Them Michigan Pubs should be looking in the mirror...then join the Dem Party..

The Pub Brand is KAPUT

Palin is Phalin...period....

[Demobrat]

3. And WHY is Bush so unpopular you hateful morons?

Because EVERY SINGLE ONE of his beliefs and policies hurt average people in one way or another. Unfortunately for you there are a whole lot of average people, and you can't stop all of them from voting.

[louis-t]

4. Two things article also fails to mention:

1. 200,000 of those jobs were lost in Engler's (R) last 2 years in office. Granholm has been gov since 2002.
2. Engler ran the state debt up to $4 bil. by giving his manufacturing friends billions in tax breaks hoping they would stay in the state. They didn't. He is now president of National Association of Manufacturers.

Every day I hear some witless repug complain about how terrible Granholm is. When I challenge them, they say "she raised taxes".
When I point out who got us into debt and let them know that Granholm cut $3 bil. from the state budget (MI has a balanced budget amendment in our Constitution) before even talking about raising any taxes, they fall silent.

[Va Lefty]

5. These people forget one thing

all these pukes wringing their hands over how w is hurting down ticket candidates are the same ones who enabled him with their money and support the last eight years.

[Hidden Stillness]

6. Oh My God! They "Don't Know" Where Their Problems Came From?

The Michigan Republican Party, ever since it was taken over by extremist anti-abortion, pro-corporate-deregulation organized forces from the 1980s on, doing nothing, nothing but blocking and opposing every single thing Granholm ever tried to do, nothing but trying to ban one abortion procedure after another--which moderate Republicans like the Millikens have been worried and complaining about for years now--got itself so cut off from the mainstream and what anyone wanted, that they have now finally reached the narrow little box they have gotten themselves into. This is what you get when you have done NOTHING but try to kill every single thing Democrats, starting with Granholm, have tried to do, no matter how destructive, stupid, bizarre, it was to block some of these things. Their whole goal, like all the other Rove-style assholes, was to obstruct, obstruct--never compromise, never support. People are fucking sick of it; finally, even Republicans are, because they aren't winning with this pissy behavior anymore.

By the way, liars at the union-busting Republican Detroit "News": Granholm "raised" taxes, because your insane indeological (then-)Republican-controlled Legislature killed the entire single-business-tax, sending the State into a huge, disastrous deficit; Granholm had to make it up immediately, both to avoid Republican-style debt, and because Michigan is saddled with one of those damned "Balanced-Budget Amendments." You pricks deserve everything you get.

[roamer65]

7. Delete.

[roamer65]

8. They did themselves a lot of damage in running Dick DeVos for governor in 2006.

Horrible candidate with horrible debating skills. It is really hard to take them seriously after that dimwit ran for their party.