Comments on: State Representative Race: District 53

By: Fred Zimmerman

Fred Zimmerman — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:09:59 +0000

Chronicle governor debate = +3! Rick Snyder & team, are you listening?

By: Chase Ingersoll

Chase Ingersoll — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:31:29 +0000

I find it really interesting that you are the only (print/type) media source I know of that goes to the trouble of transcribing all of exactly what was asked and replied.

I find it commendable. That actually takes some work to type up.

Maybe you guys should hold a governor debate.

By: Mark Stock

Mark Stock — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:49:58 +0000

“Ingersoll said he doesn’t think the average voter in Michigan understands the law, or would put in enough time to understand the process or the laws or the outcome of a constitutional convention. They would be qualified to elect representatives to actually go to a constitutional convention, and have something that would actually work” At first read it’s sounds like this is the same argument the founding fathers had and why they established the “electorial college”, so the peasents wouldn’t screw things up. Unfortunalety there may be some truth in this more Americans know about who’s on “American Idiol” or someother sports trivia than they do about political goings on…hence the mess we have is what we have earned??

By: Mark Koroi

Mark Koroi — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:01:55 +0000

“….I think we’d be better off if basicaly Lansing ceased to exist and if the federal government ceased to exist. We’re big enough to handle it ourselves.”

This has been the theme of the Republican Party since the Reagan years.

Both the U.S. Green Party and Libertarian Party have likewise called for a restructring of American government to empower the county and local levels of governance. The benefit of doing so is that the average American could have more influence in the way he was ruled if power was concentrated locally by personal lobbying or voting out representatives who were at variance with the will of the local populace.

The Democrats have been the sole major force in American politics who have taken the position that increased centralization of power in the federal government is a good thing.

The electoral backlash caused by citizen outrage over Democratic Party and President Obama’a Big Brother philosophies will manifest itself throughout the county on Election Day this November.