Category Archives: Elections

Detroit Tiger Manager Jim Leyland … for Governor?

October 18, 2006 – 1:23 pm

Leyland Interview. by loridz
Jack Lessenberry has a column in the Metro Times that suggests with tongue only partially in cheek that a fan's sign of “Leyland for Governor” might have made more sense than most of this year's political ads.
Here’s why. The day after the pennant, there was a story in The Windsor Star (a [...]

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Michigan Governor Race: Who Won the Debates?

October 17, 2006 – 11:06 am

The three debates are in the books, they've generated a lot of discussion (though maybe no real answers). We thought we'd give you links to a few sites that analyzed last night's third and final Gubernatorial Debate and then let you sound off.

Absolute Michigan's Granholm vs. DeVos: 2006 Michigan Governor Debates (recap of the three [...]

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Jennifer Granholm & Dick DeVos Speak at Detroit Athletic Club

October 13, 2006 – 8:58 am

WZMM TV-13 has online video of the speeches of candidate Dick DeVos and Governor Jennifer Granholm before the Detroit Athletic Club.
You can listen to Governor Granholm's speech and Dick DeVos's speech. You'll also want to read assessments of the speeches by the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press.
Might as well let the bloggers have [...]

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Granholm vs. DeVos: 2006 Michigan Governor Debates

October 11, 2006 – 11:55 am

Click to read a whole lot more coverage and lots of comments about the debates between Republican challenger Dick DeVos and Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm.

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Michigan Governor's Debate #2 Tomorrow!

October 9, 2006 – 10:03 am

Just a quick note, check this post for all the details on the 2nd Gubernatorial Debate between Republican Challenger Dick DeVos and Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm! The debate takes place at 8 PM on Tuesday, October 10th and the link above has a lot of info for the next two and the first debate (with [...]

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Recap of First Granholm/DeVos Debate

October 3, 2006 – 10:31 am

Well, Google seems to have fixated upon our "Granholm vs. DeVos: Michigan Governor Debate Schedule" as the page for debate info and a bunch of folks have left comments, so we decided to add our links to debate recap articles and blogs there!
There's also a link to a video rebroadcast of the debate!

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Michigan Politicians Courting Young Voters … for Good Reason

September 28, 2006 – 9:59 am

Politicians Turn to Web to Attract Young Voters from WLNS is a video report on a new trend in the 2006 Michigan elections: candidates turning to youth networking sites like Facebook to connect with young voters. Candidates with Facebook profiles include Jennifer Granholm and Dick DeVos, Debbie Stabenow and Mike Bouchard. The video includes [...]

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Michigan Books: Michigan's Economic Future by Charles Ballard

September 19, 2006 – 9:04 am

Jack Lessenberry interviews MSU Economics professor Charles Ballard about his new book Michigan's Economic Future. Ballard says that manufacturing is destined to be a smaller part of Michigan's economy and says that the state needs to focus more on cutting edge industrial research. Jack asks "If Dick DeVos or Jennifer Granholm asks you what the [...]

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Election 2006: Michigan Gubernatorial Web Site Fight

September 12, 2006 – 9:27 am

The Detroit Free Press has a feature on the campaign web sites of Governor Granholm and challenger Dick DeVos that you may want to check out.
TV advertising is still the name of the game for communication in the gubernatorial race. Do the campaigns think they can forsake the tube and go entirely the Web route? [...]

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