I call them corporatist.Whitmer is that type although she and the small majorities in both houses of the legislature have done a pretty decent job correcting what almost 40 years of gop legislative control had done to the state. It took a huge turnout two years ago and our new voting districts adopted by an independent commission. When Whitmer served in the state senate she was 14 years in the minority.
I see the corporatist wing of the Dems as the group that can make it "comfortable and almost acceptable" for centrists and some old school Republicans to hew left. They are necessary even though their influence is out of proportion with their virtue. As for Whitmer, she's calmed things down and de-Englerized MI. (She has great lieutenants in Nessel, AG, and Benson, SOS.) The DeVoses have been driven underground for now, but Erik Prince, Betsy's bro, a snake in the grass, is active with the burn-it-all-down 2025ers.
Indeed. I agree. She has a good team around her. Benson could be a solid governor. My concern is to keep and if possible grow the democratic majority in the legislature.
The problem "Democrats" are all from the corporate/DINO wing of the party.
Quelle Surprise.
I call them corporatist.Whitmer is that type although she and the small majorities in both houses of the legislature have done a pretty decent job correcting what almost 40 years of gop legislative control had done to the state. It took a huge turnout two years ago and our new voting districts adopted by an independent commission. When Whitmer served in the state senate she was 14 years in the minority.
I see the corporatist wing of the Dems as the group that can make it "comfortable and almost acceptable" for centrists and some old school Republicans to hew left. They are necessary even though their influence is out of proportion with their virtue. As for Whitmer, she's calmed things down and de-Englerized MI. (She has great lieutenants in Nessel, AG, and Benson, SOS.) The DeVoses have been driven underground for now, but Erik Prince, Betsy's bro, a snake in the grass, is active with the burn-it-all-down 2025ers.
Indeed. I agree. She has a good team around her. Benson could be a solid governor. My concern is to keep and if possible grow the democratic majority in the legislature.
Legislature and the courts.