Very unpopular governor endorses silly-ass U.S. Rep. to unseat Sen. Debbie Stabenow

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder endorses Pete Hoekstra in bid for Debbie Stabenow's U.S. Senate seat
12:01 PM, Aug. 29, 2011 |

BY KATHLEEN GRAY
DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER


Two former rivals joined hands this morning with the hopes of putting a U.S. Senate seat back in Republican hands.

In a Southfield auditorium filled with about 100 supporters, Gov. Rick Snyder endorsed former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra’s bid to take on U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who is serving her second term in the U.S. Senate after beating incumbent U.S. Sen. Spencer Abraham, an Auburn Hills Republican, in 2000.

The meeting was unusual because last year at this time, Hoekstra had just finished second to Snyder after a bruising primary election in the governor’s race. Snyder went on to win the governor’s job in the November election. It was that race which prompted Snyder to offer his support to Hoekstra today.

“Through the campaign process, I gained a lot of respect for Pete. He is a true fiscal conservative, this guy even slept on his couch in his office,” Snyder said. “He’s a person of the highest integrity and I consider him a friend.” ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.freep.com/article/20110829/NEWS06/110829019/Gov-Snyder-endorse-Hoekstra-today-bid-Stabenow-s-U-S-Senate-seat?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE


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Poll shows highest disapproval yet over Gov. Rick Snyder's job performance
Published: Monday, August 22, 2011, 12:43 PM


Gov. Rick Snyder's job approval ratings continue to languish as Michigan's unemployment rate rises and discontent with politics in general grows.

According to the August survey by the Lansing firm EPIC-MRA, 62 percent disapproved of the job Snyder is performing as governor, the highest since taking office in January and up from 57 percent in July.

According to the survey of 600 voters Aug. 13-16 released today, 33 percent approved of the job he was doing. Both the positive and negative numbers in EPIC's poll have been fairly consistent dating to early May as his budget and tax overhaul was being approved in the Legislature. Since then, voters remain unconvinced it was the right thing to do.

When those plans were introduced in February, 32 percent approved of the job he was doing, but only 37 percent disapproved. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/gov_rick_snyders_job_disapprov.html#incart_mce

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1. T'bagger Lite endorses T'bagger.

Video at 11.

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2. Stabenow is about one letter away from being one of them. NOT a strong Dem. nt