Now, are you really telling me that these people didn't know how unpopular they are? Really? Wow. OK. Are you sure we should alert them to this fact? Might be better to just let them stay asleep. But, since it's out there...
Dennis Darnoi is a strategist for MDJ&R Strategy Consultants, and some unknown client had asked for this research. Parts of it were leaked to MIRS on Monday. Basically, it said the Republicans can't win in 2010 on gay bashing and tax cuts. Duh. Thought that was pretty evident to anyone that is remotely paying attention to the outside world, but it caused Nancy Cassis to make copies of the story and inform the other members of the caucus just how unpopular they really are.
Miner refused comment on information MIRS received from other sources that the Darnoi report was the subject of a closed caucus. Copies of Monday's MIRS story were passed around by Sen. Nancy CASSIS (R-Novi) and the story's subject manner was discussed.
Danori was on the Senate payroll as an advisor to Mike Bishop - until yesterday. According to MIRS, he and his $39,000 a year salary has been "scrubbed" due to a general housecleaning in the face of the budget deficit, and he is moving on to some position that has to do with Bishop's "future".
Uh huh. Sounds like a lot of bullshit Lansing drama going on once again, and it's really not surprising to find Mike Bishop at the center of it. Starting to think the guy thrives on this stuff. Glad they have all this time to meet and talk about this; apparently the problems and real issues facing the state take a backseat to partisan studies that are done so far in advance they really don't have any relevance right now. Nice to know where the Senate Republican priorities are though. And here you thought the budget might carry a bit more weight at this time.
Meanwhile, Skooby informs us yesterday that the Goopers have no intention of letting up on pushing the wingnut meme, and to that, we should give them a round of applause. If they are going to screw around with the budget issues, stall on identifying their "cuts" and "reforms", and obstruct progress on easy issues like the smoking ban, they should certainly stick to their guns and see if they can drive that base down even further. Right?
The "new" state Republican Party recently sent out a survey to get a feel for the attitudes of the Michigan GOP rank and file. Nine of the twelve questions were so slanted that this "poll" can hardly be called an objective tool for measuring sentiment.
Besides, the party could have saved the money, as it knows the answers to loaded questions such as: Do you agree that Americans want more socialism in government?
Should bureaucrats in Washington be in charge of making your health care choices?
Should Republicans unite to fight judicial nominees who bring a personal, left-wing agenda on social issues to their jobs?
Or should we stop Democrats from cutting our intelligence agencies or bringing back Clinton-era restrictions on inter-agency communications?
Geez if any good Republican can't get those questions right, they should be booted out of the party.
You are so right, Tim. If they don't have foam-at-the-mouth reactions to socialism (wait, wasn't that supposed to be fascism now?), activist judges, and the word "Clinton", they have no business being a Michigan Republican. Pay no attention to these studies, people. Stay Bush, and things will work out just fine.
For the rest of us.