Political strategists say that during the Obama administration not enough was done to promote to the voting public the value of economic assistance packages created by the administration. The lesson was evidently learned. Now comes the House Majority, an outside Democrat group, which spent $1 million dollars earlier this year to advertise the good coming from the administration of President Joe Biden with its American Rescue Plan. The group in late May launched a second round

Republican sources confirm to Oakland Confidential that always-a-bridesmaid-never-a-bride candidate John James of Farmington Hills, won’t be seeking the governor’s office in 2022. James ran, and lost, for Senate twice, once in 2018 against Senator Debbie Stabenow (D), and then again in 2020, against Democratic Senator Gary Peters. While he came closer to striking distance in 2020 against Peters, a loss is still a loss. One top Republican said now that former Detroit Police Ch

While Michigan Republicans are excited – actually, they’re positively gleeful – over the imminent gubernatorial race of former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, he is not the only Republican who is running against Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2022. Conservative media host Tudor Dixon announced she will be running, posting on Twitter in late May, “I am excited to announce that I am running for governor to get Michigan back on track. We will restore our state and hel

Speaking of the Craig gubernatorial candidacy, when asked if it was off to a rocky start, one Republican insider responded: “It’s not off to a rocky start – he’s not even officially running yet. But he’s running.” Craig is in the organizational stage, debating who should be part of his team, including whether to go with consultant John Yob, who has worked with Michigan GOP Co-chair Ron Weiser and former governor Rick Snyder, or Bobby Schostak, former Republican party state ch

Republican gubernatorial challenger Austin Chenge, who immigrated to the U.S. in 2008 from Nigeria, has lived in Grand Rapids since. A product and software design entrepreneur, he has never held public office, and told Michigan Public Radio he wants to “be a breath of fresh air” for Michigan, is learning a hard lesson about politics. While he really, really, really wants to take on Whitmer, it’s highly unlikely we’ll see him on the 2022 GOP primary ballot because it doesn’t l

With all the buzz about who is getting into the race to take on Gretchen Whitmer next year and be the Michigan Republican stand-bearer, barely a whisper can be heard as to who is not aiming their boots at her behind. We’ve got the latest word. Along with two-time’s not-the-charm loser John James, MIRS, Michigan Information & Research Service, broke the news that former Michigan Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield (R-Levering) would not be running for governor, at least not thi

Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido, who has been holier-than-thou both as a state senator and since he became prosecutor in January 2021, when throwing stones against Governor Gretchen Whitmer – primarily accusing her, and threatening to criminally charge her, of forcing nursing homes to take patients ill with COVID-19 and endangering their lives, despite Lucido’s former senate colleague, Ed McBroom (R-Vulcan) saying that  they “have not seen any evidence or testimony that

The Arizona “forensic audit” fiasco involving the presidential election “Big Lie” effort is having a ripple effect nation-wide, including in Michigan’s Cheboygan County. Despite Donald Trump taking 64.2 percent of the vote on election night in Cheboygan County, there is an undercurrent among some GOP county commissioners, spurred on by Detroit lawyer Stephanie Lambert, to conduct an “audit” of election results in the Northern Michigan county. The push for the audit request ha