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Election 2010: The back-to-back Senate retirements of Byron Dorgan and Chris Dodd may be just the beginning. The people have seen the future of health care reform and found it doesn't work. Apres moi, le deluge. We don't know what the Mayan calendar says about 2010, but it's starting to look like the end of the world for Democratic electoral prospects. Americans who watched in shock as government tried to step between them and their doctors, may have the last laugh. The tea party isn't over until the angry mob votes. As rage grew over the attempt to nationalize one-sixth...

Whoa. "6 News Capitol Correspondent Tim Skubick reports that Lt. Governor John Cherry, once the presumed front-runner for the Democratic nomination, will drop out of the race for Governor." Michigan's gubernatorial race is one of the tougher ones to get a handle on, as there is a small army of candidates on both sides, but the current lieutenant governor would seem to be a strong competitor in a crowded primary. On the other hand, when your state's economy is starting to look like Cormac McCarthy's The Road, maybe it's the wrong year to run as part of the current administration....

I'm only posting the link, because I don't know what's allowed from WWJ News. Cherry May not Seek Governor's Seat

So after all that talk about the importance of new revenues the woman didn't even pay her own taxes? Shocking details are emerging today that indicate Michigan's most prominent tax-hike advocates, Governor Jennifer Granholm and John Cherry, are in trouble with the federal government for, get this... refusing to pay their taxes! The kind of trouble you don't get in for a minor offense. The kind of trouble that only comes after repeated notifications from the federal government. A couple of sources indicate that Lansing's Channel 10 News will lead tonight's broadcast with the news that the United States Department...