November 7, 2006, - 11:40 am
Turnout in My Detroit-Area Suburb
By Debbie Schlussel
I voted just after 11:00 a.m. at my suburban Detroit area precinct. There are several precincts at my polling place, and I’VE NEVER SEEN IT THIS CROWDED!
Turnout is VERY high. When I left just after 11:00 a.m., they’d handed out 179 ballots in my precinct. On Election Day 2004, a Presidential Election, only 133 people voted in my precinct the entire day. If turnout is like this all over the Detroit area, that is NOT good for Republicans or Proposal Two. If you have not voted yet, PLEASE VOTE FOR PROPOSAL TWO. It will be close!
My city is a majority Black city (they tend to vote overwhelmingly Democratic in this city), with pockets of Orthodox Jews who mostly vote Republican. Most of the turnout I saw were Black voters. I heard some of them say that “so much is at stake in this election.” I believe they are referring to Proposal 2, which will end so-called affirmative action racism, sexism, and bigotry in public contracting, hiring, promotions, and college admissions.
The Michigan Republican Party and its candidates made a mistake by not endorsing Proposal 2. Voters for Prop 2 are predisposed to the conservative philosophy. But they were shunned by the GOP. On the other hand, the Michigan Dems and trial lawyers used Prop 2 to mobilize their voters to the polls. They were smart; the GOP dumb.
Whenever the GOP tries to out-liberal the liberals, they always get burned. Big-time. Watch for that in Michigan, where I predict Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm will be re-elected, as will Dem U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow. The GOP blew it. Ironically, one of the few GOP statewide officials who will get re-elected by a landslide is Attorney General Mike Cox. He is the only statewide GOP elected official to endorse Proposal 2 (which I predict will also pass–with your votes).
Is there a correlation? Time for the Republicans to put two and two together.
Remember, VOTE YES ON PROPOSAL TWO. Do NOT vote for liberal trial lawyer Marc Shulman for Supreme Court.
Tags: Attorney General, Debbie Schlussel, Debbie Stabenow, Democratic Governor, Detroit, Jennifer Granholm, liberal trial lawyer, Marc Shulman, Michigan, Michigan Republican Party, Mike Cox, Republican Party, Supreme Court
It’s time to move out of the Detroit area, Deb. It’s only got a few years left before it totally sinks into the abyss. When that happens, Detroit will resemble South Africa and Zimbabwe, where the only whites who are left will be forced to flee with what they can carry in their cars and on their backs. It’ll make the “Fall of Saigon” look like a picnic.
BTW, I see all these commercials with Jeff Daniels in them extolling Michigan and encouraging businesses to move there. What part of the state does he live in? Does he live in reality? Because, based upon what I’ve seen, I doubt that Michigan has much time as a state to survive, either.
Thee_Bruno on November 7, 2006 at 1:17 pm