The Republicans have their statewide convention this weekend in Lansing, where they will kickoff their attempt at reviving their party in the 2010 election cycle. Their main targets will be at taking back the Governorship on a platform that they know how to revive the state's economy.
How is anyone supposed to believe that from looking at the candidates? Rep. Pete Hoekstra was vocal in his opposition to the federal stimulus package to save and create thousands of jobs in Michigan, especially in his district. The other GOP candidates have followed suit in their opposition to saving our state.
They have even gone to the extreme of having former GOP chair and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour be the keynote speaker. He is so opposed to the stimulus that he will fight to keep the money from the people who need it the most. Quoth the DetNews:
"Barbour spokesman Dan Turner, for example, cited concerns that accepting
unemployment money from the stimulus package would force states to pay benefits to people who wouldn't meet state requirements to receive them"
That's right. The governor of one of the poorest states in the country is expected to fight against giving assistance to the poor. What's worse is the Michigan Republicans are endorsing these policies by giving Barbour the honor to address the leaders of their party.
Is this what Michigan Republicans believe is the way to save our failing economy, by imitating the policies of Mississippi? I sincerely hope so- that will make the 2010 cycle even more of an epic fail for Anuzis/Weiser and Co. than 2008 was.
