Grand jury to investigate House Speaker; we wait with interest for why Democrats are at fault

I shouldn't be...

...but I was kind of surprise that this happened, even here in Democratic Ingham County where the judges are not shy about taking power to the woodshed.  I mean, I'm ecstatic it happened, if only because we need to show that a crime is a crime rather it's committed by Dems in Oakland County or the 'effin speaking of the house, but I wasn't expecting it, so this is a pleasant surprise.  It's so very obvious laws were probably broken, here, it'd have been criminal not to at least investigate this further, but I have so little faith in our courts, anymore, that I was taken off guard.

Bolger was already in trouble; now he's really in trouble.  If things play out like they are supposed to, I don't know how his speakership survives this, and in all actuality, he shouldn't even be in the house.  

This is what you get with ridiculous gerrymandering and term limits.  You get this rank, legislative amateurism.

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by: MiddleGrandGuy @ Wed Aug 29, 2012 at 04:49:46 AM UTC

Term limits are the worst

thing that has ever happened to the legislature, IMHO. Without them, guys like Jase Bolger and Mike Bishop never get anywhere near the levers of power. The gerrymander in this state is also ridiculous, with Republicans holding uncontested power in a state that goes Democratic in every presidential election and sends two Democrats to the US Senate.

If past performance is an indicator, Republicans will try to pretend none of this ever happened, they did nothing wrong, and it's only the evil Democrats taking pot shots at honest public servants.  

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by: happy camper @ Wed Aug 29, 2012 at 15:39:52 PM UTC

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Won't work

If past performance is an indicator, Republicans will try to pretend none of this ever happened, they did nothing wrong, and it's only the evil Democrats taking pot shots at honest public servants.

I'm sure this is what they'll do, but it won't work.  Michigan House Dems have had an advantage on the generic ballot the entire year, and I don't see that changing.  If anything, the advantage is even bigger than it was as the polling was done before this.  

I really do hope they keep up the denial; it'll only drive up the majority that it looks like we'll be taking even with the gerrymandered districts.

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by: MiddleGrandGuy @ Thu Aug 30, 2012 at 01:07:09 AM UTC

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I hope you're right.

We can't take too much more of this nonsense.

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by: happy camper @ Thu Sep 06, 2012 at 13:06:08 PM UTC

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Probably, but also consider...

Jase Bolger is, has been and will be a Republican. His caucus thought highly enough of Bolger to elect him Speaker, and I'm sure he's been groomed for higher office once his third term is up.

Point being, the GOP will back him to the bitter end, calling this a witch hunt, all that -- but the minute charges are filed, Jase will be unceremoniously thrown under the bus like Thaddeus McCotter (who, let's recall, has yet to be indicted of anything, let alone convicted).

Now, Turncoat Roy Schmidt is a different matter. He's a Republican "convert" with a voting record no Tea Partier would ever embrace, and his treachery -- whatever Bolger's role, it was Turncoat Roy who connived to get a measly two more years -- nearly cost him the primary to a last-minute write-in effort (in fact, had Bing Goei declared his candidacy while absentee ballots were still out, Schmidt probably would have lost).

I sincerely hope Republicans -- Establishment or Tea Party -- will continue to see past their partisan filter and send Roy Schmidt packing, regardless of what the judge finds. The GOP doesn't need him and shouldn't want him, even if it costs them control of the House.

"The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." ~ Harlan Ellison

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