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People asked if Governor Snyder would make a good president (Original Post) Demeter May 2015 OP
Dems helped elect him MichMan May 2015 #1
Absolutely! He's the Adopted Son of U of M and Ann Arbor Demeter May 2015 #2
"Government is a business" rock May 2015 #3
Whew, thank gawd. Thankfully the Republicons are too stupid to take him seriously corkhead May 2015 #4
That's true--he would be the perfect stealth candidate Demeter May 2015 #5

MichMan

(11,783 posts)
1. Dems helped elect him
Fri May 8, 2015, 07:19 AM
May 2015

I believe that Rick Snyder would have never been elected without the help of crossover voting by our side during the primary. Polling indicated that with the state in such a dire economic condition, that the Granholm administration was going to take some of the blame (fair or not) She was term limited, and therefore it appeared certain with polling that it was going to be a Republican win.

So much in fact, that every prominent Dem declined to even run, including Lt. Gov Cherry. The mayor of Lansing, Virg Benero stepped up and ran virtually unopposed in the primary while the Rep field was pretty big. Many Dems decided to crossover and pick the lesser of evils. Snyder had no political record to attack, so he was the benefactor of all that crossover voting. Came out of no where to win the primary and thus the general election as well.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
2. Absolutely! He's the Adopted Son of U of M and Ann Arbor
Fri May 8, 2015, 07:25 AM
May 2015

The only question I have is why these delusional tribe members voted to re-elect him....they are anti-union?

rock

(13,218 posts)
3. "Government is a business"
Fri May 8, 2015, 08:03 AM
May 2015

Such an idiotic statement, only a CONservative could pretend to believe it. I suppose one of the most obvious differences is that businesses are not allowed to use nuclear weapons. Think about it. What kind of businessman do you want in charge of nukes?

corkhead

(6,119 posts)
4. Whew, thank gawd. Thankfully the Republicons are too stupid to take him seriously
Fri May 8, 2015, 10:26 AM
May 2015

I still think he would be their best shot against HRC in the general but I am happy to not have to worry about it.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
5. That's true--he would be the perfect stealth candidate
Fri May 8, 2015, 11:23 AM
May 2015

He could out-Hillary Hillary.

Still it would be nice to get him out of here.

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