| (Well, not quite. Seemingly all of Macomb County.... including 2 members of Dillon's own caucus.... except Mark Hackel, a candidate for County Executive, came out and endorsed Virg Bernero for Governor today)
Macomb Daily:
The gubernatorial campaign of Virg Bernero received a big boost in Macomb County today when 36 prominent Democrats endorsed his candidacy over the competing bid by House Speaker Andy Dillon.
Those backing the Lansing mayor's run include three longtime officials from the past -- former congressman David Bonior, former prosecutor Carl Marlinga, and former state Senate minority leader Art Miller.
Bonior said he hadn't known much about Bernero until recently, when the mayor made numerous, spirited appearances on national TV and radio shows defending federal loans to ailing automakers. Bernero's impassioned support for working families and American manufacturers, he said, is what Michigan needs from its next governor.
Others backing Bernero include: county Treasurer Ted Wahby, Clerk Carmella Sabaugh and Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco; state Reps. Sarah Roberts and Fred Miller; county board Chairman Paul Gieleghem and 12 of his fellow commissioners; and Sterling Heights Mayor Richard Notte.
While Dillon and his supporter, Brady, continue to spin about Bernero's supposedly "anti-labor" record (despite the endorsements of the AFL-CIO, the state's largest labor federation, and the UAW, the state's largest union), labor-rich Macomb County is lining up to support Virg Bernero.
Not only that, but Bernero's endorsements today included David Bonior. As any good MichLib reader knows, Bonior is the chair of the board of American Rights at Work (a pro-labor organization), a former Labor Studies professor at Wayne State, and someone with a record of fighting for working families his whole career. It will be interesting hearing how David Bonior is spun into being somehow anti-labor too.
Also: Dillon got the endorsement of Buzz Thomas today.
For those keeping score at home: that's 36 endorsements for Virg Bernero today, and 1 for Andy Dillon. (Dillon's website also lists the Mayor of Westland as a major endorser, the only elected official listed). |
