| If you missed last night's speech, never fear: you can read it here
and watch it here. Incidentally, pay no
mind to the lopsided panel of bitter, utterly predictable, and hopelessly out
of touch grumbling old white men that follows.
Instead, here's a few clips from the morning papers:
"This is the governor I've been waiting for -- strong, tough, deliberative,"
he said. "If anybody had any doubt about her sense of urgency and her sense
of focus, she really set the record straight today. Honestly, this is the best
I've seen her."
-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in
the Detroit Free Press
"Gov. Jennifer Granholm is never better than in front of an audience
pitching Michigan; even an audience as full of political skeptics as the Michigan
Legislature last night."
-Lead sentence from the Lansing State Journal op-ed
"I think she did a marvelous job. I thought it was what Michigan needed
to hear. What Michigan needed to think about, she said."
-Bill Rustem, Public Sector Consultants in Booth's
writeup
(Granholm's speech) "was the strongest I've ever heard from her. That
was the trial lawyer, not the soccer mom."
-Rep. Paul Condino (D-Southfield) in
the Detroit News
(The speech was) "supposed to be about vision and inspiration and
she scored 100 percent. She correctly analyzed the Michigan jobs and education
situation."
-Rep. Lorence Wenke (R-Richland) in
the Detroit News
"She's telling Michigan to suck it up, and I think that's a damn good
message."
-Former U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz (R-Battle Creek) in
the Battle Creek Enquirer
And finally, our last quote requires that we first review something the Governor
said last night. No doubt you remember it:
(T)he Naysayers haven't seen my budget yet, but they already know they are
against it.
Blinded by a narrow ideology, stubbornly fixed on old solutions that have failed
to work in a new economy, they'll say we can't afford new investment. The truth
is we can't afford not to.
The Naysayers will claim that changes in our tax system will send business
packing.
Even when the facts show that taxes aren't the reason we're losing jobs.
They'll say there's no limit to how much we can cut spending.
Even when they can't tell you who they'd cut or who will feel that pain.
And never mind the changing nature of our economy; the Naysayers have only
one solution: cut business taxes.
Now have a look at this
clip from Booth:
"Granholm called Republican critics of her proposals "naysayers."
(Senate Majority Leader Mike) Bishop said he was "proud" to be one."
What was that about being "blinded by a narrow ideology" and "stubbornly
fixed on old solutions that have failed"? Hmm...maybe Sen. Bishop didn't
hear that part. |
