George Weeks
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George Weeks: Granholm has new gig
Over the last half-century, most Michigan governors upon leaving office have gone into or sought another form of public service. The last one, Democrat Jeniffer Granholm, is blazing into the public light with a sprightly talk show gig on California-based national cable TV.
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George Weeks: Camp takes leadership role
Periodically in its 175 years of statehood, which was marked last week, Michigan has had politicians prominent in crafting federal policy.
Continued ... - George Weeks: Tribute to Tuskegee Airmen fitting
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George Weeks: Benishek gets boost from Inman
- George Weeks: Benishek challengers line up
- Sunday, January 1, 2012
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George Weeks: First Lady shuns adviser role
- Sunday, December 25, 2011
- George Weeks: Camp in another pivotal role
- Sunday, December 18, 2011
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George Weeks: McLaughlin was state booster
- Sunday, December 11, 2011
- George Weeks: Keep mitts off our moniker
- Sunday, December 4, 2011
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George Weeks: Snyder wisely vetoes first bill
- Sunday, November 27, 2011
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George Weeks: GOP rachets up focus on Stabenow
- Sunday, November 20, 2011
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George Weeks: More repeat House races?
- Sunday, November 13, 2011
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George Weeks: Mich. greets different drummers
- Sunday, November 6, 2011
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George Weeks: State strong on rebound
- Sunday, October 30, 2011
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George Weeks: Snyder's bold message
- Sunday, October 23, 2011
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George Weeks: Bruising setback for Snyder
- Sunday, October 16, 2011
- George Weeks: Obama hopes to counter Romney
- Sunday, October 2, 2011
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George Weeks: Accountability lacking in 2010 races
- Sunday, September 25, 2011
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George Weeks: Mitt Romney on familiar ground
The Straits of Mackinac is a fond place for Michigan native Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who is making his second bid to be the Republican presidential nominee. It was in a boat under the Mackinac Bridge, he once told me, that Ann Lois Davies accepted his proposal for a 1969 marriage that produced five sons for the son of 1963-69 Gov. George Romney, himself a 1968 presidential contender whose family spent cherished time at the Governor's Summer Residence on Mackinac Island. (There are reports that Mitt first popped the question to Ann after the two left high school in Oakland County, but for this column the Mighty Mac acceptance version works better.)
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George Weeks: McDowell seeks rematch
Hay farmer Gary McDowell, a Democratic ex-state representative from Rudyard who last year lost to now-U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek, R-Crystal Falls, is making another pitch for the congressional seat in 2012. At this early stage, odds are against McDowell in the sprawling district that had been long represented by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee.
Continued ... - Sunday, September 11, 2011
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Op-Ed: Granholm wanted Levin to run
When Gov. Jennifer Granholm considered dropping her re-election bid in 2006 and asking Sen. Carl Levin to run in her place, her two closest advisers said it was a bad idea. She soon agreed.
Continued ... - Sunday, September 4, 2011
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George Weeks: Tribal leader may run
Over the centuries, Native Americans have been the most underrepresented group in Congress compared to the European American, African American, Latino, and Asian Pacific communities. Only eight American Indians have served in Congress. Now comes Michigan's Derek Bailey, chairman of the Leelanau County-headquartered Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, who is considering a congressional bid when his four-year term as chairman expires in May of 2012.
Continued ... - Sunday, August 28, 2011
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George Weeks: Allen a must-hire
Over the decades, many Up North politicians have had powerful roles in all three branches of state government. ... At the staff level, there is the remarkable career of Republican Suzanne Miller Allen, of Traverse City.
Continued ... - Sunday, August 21, 2011
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George Weeks: Hoekstra may get boost
In the endorsement derby for the 2012 GOP nomination to oppose two-term Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, former nine-term U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra has a substantial lead over a field of relative unknowns. His best is yet to come. Last week, insiders in the Hoekstra camp and that of Gov. Rick Snyder told me there are plans for Snyder to endorse Hoekstra, probably Aug. 29 in Detroit.
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George Weeks: Senator has Up North agenda
Of all the leaders of the three GOP-ruled branches that run state government, none lives farther from northern Michigan than Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, of Monroe, just above the Ohio border. But he has become a stout promoter of focus on northern economic, environmental, agricultural, and other issues; last week discussed these issues at meetings in Traverse City; and is working with area senators to hold what he calls a "mini-retreat" in the Upper Peninsula for the GOP caucus this fall on northern issues.
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Recording Superstar Whitney Houston Dead at 48
Fans 'Speechless' Over Houston's Death
Romney Tops Santorum in CPAC Straw Poll
First glimpse of Blue Ivy Carter
Absolute Lin-sanity
Hate to be Rude: Bubba Watson
Peek inside Barbie's closet
Test on Comforter in Powell Unit Shows Blood
Angry Dad Shoots Teens Laptop
Hero Driver Saves Kids From Burning Bus
Funeral to be held for Powell boys
Sandusky on having to stay inside and people turning on him
Uzbek Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Kill Obama
Woolly Mammoth Caught on Camera?
Did JLo 'Assault' Marc Anthony on Camera?
Christie Brinkley's Runway Slip
Toddler forced to run half-naked in snow
Halle Wants to Leave the Country
Northern Lights shine above earth
Plane makes perfect belly landing
