Democrats’ Michigan Meltdown
by Kyle OlsonAfter the dust settles from the next Tuesday’s elections, pay close attention to Michigan. The “Great Lakes State” is about to undergo an extreme makeover from a burned-out “Blue State” to a reborn “Red State.”
Democrats have been the dominant political party since 2002, when then-Attorney General Jennifer Granholm was elected governor, succeeding three-term Republican governor John Engler. Pundits and party activists began whispering about the possibility of amending the Constitution so she, a Canadian, could run for president. There was even an “Amend for Jen” movement!

Four years later, she was re-elected in a landslide and Democrats took control of the state House of Representatives. Granholm was a rising star in the Democratic Party.
The Democrats’ momentum carried over into 2008. Conditions were so unfavorable for Republicans that John McCain pulled the plug on his Michigan operation five weeks before Election Day. Republicans took a further drubbing that year and despondency set it. At the time, being a Republican in Michigan was about as popular as being a Republican in San Francisco.
But given Granholm’s utter economic ineptitude – she can boast of holding the highest unemployment rate in the nation for over 40 months – coupled with the fact that Democrats in Washington majorly overplayed their hand, the state appears to be shaping up completely different this year. Her job approval has been stuck in the 30s for months and her star has crashed to the ground. She’s no asset to Democratic candidates.






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