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WHEN PIGS FLY
That’s how some political insiders are dismissing the the rumored possibility that former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is...


JAMES CRAIG PREMIER
We're not going to waste much space rehashing the performance of former Detroit Police Chief James Craig at the Jackson County Republican...


WAITING GAME
Speaking of Sen. Rosemary Bayer, who was elected to her seat in 2018, she fully intends to run for re-election in 2022 – but there could...
NEXT ACT
Former state Rep. Christine Greig (D-Farmington, Farmington Hills), who was term-limited in 2020, has landed a new gig following six...


MONEY SAYS IT ALL
Neither the Michigan Republican Party nor one of its co-chairs, millionaire Ron Weiser, are admitting any wrongdoing. But the U of M...
SECOND TIME A CHARM
Political strategists say that during the Obama administration not enough was done to promote to the voting public the value of economic...


NO GO
Republican sources confirm to Oakland Confidential that always-a-bridesmaid-never-a-bride candidate John James of Farmington Hills, won’t...
WHO DAT?
While Michigan Republicans are excited – actually, they’re positively gleeful – over the imminent gubernatorial race of former Detroit...
COMPETING CONSULTANTS
Speaking of the Craig gubernatorial candidacy, when asked if it was off to a rocky start, one Republican insider responded: “It’s not off...


SORRY, CHARLIE
Republican gubernatorial challenger Austin Chenge, who immigrated to the U.S. in 2008 from Nigeria, has lived in Grand Rapids since. A...
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