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Rick Snyder not running for president
Politico ^ | 5/6/15 | Alex Isenstadt

Posted on 05/06/2015 5:20:33 PM PDT by iowamark

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will not run for president in 2016, according to two sources familiar with his planning.

Snyder, a Republican who was first elected in 2010, has been traveling across the country in recent weeks but has decided against a White House bid. One source close Snyder said he’d expressed concern about the time commitment needed for a national campaign.

“He is concerned about solving the problems in Michigan and the time commitment needed for out-of-state travel,” one source said.

A Snyder spokesman declined to comment.

The decision comes one day after a Snyder-backed ballot initiative, which would have raised sales taxes to pay for roads funding, went down to defeat by an overwhelming margin...

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016gopprimary; election2016; michigan; ricksnyder; snyder2016

1 posted on 05/06/2015 5:20:33 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: iowamark
Dont know much about the guy, but it seems like kind of a crowded field already
2 posted on 05/06/2015 5:22:01 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: iowamark

I, also, am not running for President. Two dozen candidates is enough.


3 posted on 05/06/2015 5:23:36 PM PDT by Leep (To put it in laymen's terms liberal/progressive ist coo coo.)
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To: Leep

I’m not running either. Guess I should release a press statement.


4 posted on 05/06/2015 5:24:35 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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To: iowamark

Good. He was supposedly running earlier.


5 posted on 05/06/2015 5:25:17 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (We need a conservative electable candidate in 2016)
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To: iowamark

Meh... good riddance.


6 posted on 05/06/2015 5:28:01 PM PDT by gibsosa
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To: iowamark

The fewer candidates that can be purposely confused with Walker by the MSM, the better.


7 posted on 05/06/2015 5:28:51 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Dumbass. Try launching a presidential bid off the back of an 80/20 loss on a massive tax increase. I can't believe he thought he could pull it off.

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8 posted on 05/06/2015 5:31:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Leep

I’m holding off on announcing until The Donald makes up his mind


9 posted on 05/06/2015 5:34:27 PM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: cripplecreek; iowamark

Well-said, ‘creek. Thanks for the ping; post.


10 posted on 05/06/2015 5:57:25 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: iowamark
Oh, no! We're doomed!

Michiganders have such a great record running for President (Lewis Cass, George Romney, Mitt Romney).

11 posted on 05/06/2015 6:05:55 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: iowamark

Proposition 1 Died by a margin of 80%. Now the 56 House Representatives, 20 Senators and 1 Governor have to decide how to get the money to fix the hideous roads throughout all of Michigan. What killed was all the add ons that were added but not part of the ballot. the unionistas encouraged a Yes vote. I voted No, there was no Hell no space though. Synder is toast in Michigan


12 posted on 05/06/2015 6:11:19 PM PDT by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: iowamark

He may be onto something here. It might just be faster for all the current and former Republican officeholders who aren’t running to announce.


13 posted on 05/06/2015 6:13:11 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: cripplecreek
Get the feeling this is the type of "Republicans" we'll be having to choose from in the future...

Milquetoast, wealthy cave-artists(particularly on social issues)afraid of the media and offending some deviants feelings somewhere.

(AKA middle of the road, roadkill).

True conservative candidates must be torpedoed by the ruling class...not to mention the yutes have been indoctrinated to believe they(true conservatives)and their traditional/Constitutional ideals are...evil.

14 posted on 05/06/2015 7:09:03 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo
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To: iowamark

First FTG to get the message. More to come.


15 posted on 05/06/2015 7:23:14 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term governors)
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To: iowamark; fieldmarshaldj

Oh, good.

Though he could have taken short bus votes from Jeb.


16 posted on 05/06/2015 10:10:45 PM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: cripplecreek

Rino mindset.


17 posted on 05/07/2015 12:39:01 AM PDT by exnavy (government should be neither seen or heard.)
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To: iowamark

I am now clear on who Rick Snyder is.

Instead of closing the door on lousy road construction contracts siphoning tax payer dollars, he sought more tax payer payoff money to keep the corruption going.

Good to know.


18 posted on 05/07/2015 5:03:40 AM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: cripplecreek
Nothing stops a RINO who puts big government first the people second! Stupid is as stupid does!

The RINO’s who are jumping in now think they will water down any chances a real Tea Party candidate may have in the selection process!

Graham, Huckabee, Bush, Christie, and Snyder these are all big government RINO’s who think we are stupid enough to vote for them!

Snyder thinks we have forgotten how he was elected in the first place, the liberal socialist and the conservatives split the vote and Snyder walked right threw the open door! that certainly did not give him a mandate in which to run for president of the United States!

19 posted on 05/07/2015 8:15:58 AM PDT by paratrooper82 ( 82nd ABN DIV. 1/508th BN "Fury from the Sky" Civil war is coming)
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