A tight race
Okay, I was a bit off.
The governor's race appeared little changed by the results of the first debate between Granholm and DeVos. The latest poll puts Granholm ahead by 6 points with a 4 point margin or error. Meanwhile, her approval ratings are still on the negative side.
So maybe the debates aren't that much of a factor in this race.
What might be a factor is the odd revelations involving U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, the Florida Republican who sent some pretty rough e-mails to 16-year-old pages, then blamed it on the fact that he's an alcoholic homosexual who was molested by a priest, raised by wolves and is in fact a card-carrying member of the Communist Party with a bad case of herpes.
Let's see, did I leave out any other excuses?
Watch though, he'll probably be elected a senator before it's all over. But the scandal is causes all sorts of fits in the GOP. Republicans are finding that the only thing on the minds of their constituents back home are questions about Foley and some believe the scandal actually will affect Republican contests across the nation. I doubt if it will have any impact on the Governor's race in Michigan since Granholm already accused DeVos of molesting seniors with Alzheimer's.
By the way, wasn't it cool how Fox News ran a story on Foley and all the while the graphics identified him as a Florida DEMOCRAT.
You watch. This kind of stuff is going to cause a backlash that will have most Americans holding the rest of the media in unwarranted higher esteem compared to Fox's version of "fair and balanced."
The governor's race appeared little changed by the results of the first debate between Granholm and DeVos. The latest poll puts Granholm ahead by 6 points with a 4 point margin or error. Meanwhile, her approval ratings are still on the negative side.
So maybe the debates aren't that much of a factor in this race.
What might be a factor is the odd revelations involving U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, the Florida Republican who sent some pretty rough e-mails to 16-year-old pages, then blamed it on the fact that he's an alcoholic homosexual who was molested by a priest, raised by wolves and is in fact a card-carrying member of the Communist Party with a bad case of herpes.
Let's see, did I leave out any other excuses?
Watch though, he'll probably be elected a senator before it's all over. But the scandal is causes all sorts of fits in the GOP. Republicans are finding that the only thing on the minds of their constituents back home are questions about Foley and some believe the scandal actually will affect Republican contests across the nation. I doubt if it will have any impact on the Governor's race in Michigan since Granholm already accused DeVos of molesting seniors with Alzheimer's.
By the way, wasn't it cool how Fox News ran a story on Foley and all the while the graphics identified him as a Florida DEMOCRAT.
You watch. This kind of stuff is going to cause a backlash that will have most Americans holding the rest of the media in unwarranted higher esteem compared to Fox's version of "fair and balanced."
posted by The Observer at 10/06/2006 12:07:00 AM
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