Michigan GOP: Obama = Granholm

By Andy Kroll, written on Aug. 29, 2008

As election season nears a fever pitch in Michigan in the coming months, look for the state’s Republican Party to connect Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm in much the same way as the McCain campaign likened Obama’s celebrity to that of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.

Saul Anuzis, chairman of the Michigan GOP, recently posted on his popular blog, “That’s Saul, folks!” that “Michigan voters know firsthand what happens when you elect inexperienced, smooth-talking politicians with rock-star appeal: Absolutely nothing.”

He continued:

For six years we’ve been listening to Governor Jennifer Granholm give good speeches and watching her pose for well-scripted photo ops, but Michigan voters have gotten nothing for their efforts. In Granholm’s six years in office, Michigan has the single-worse unemployment rate in the nation, one in every 20 homes is in foreclosure, and not one of the five new major automotive assembly plants being built in the United States are located in the birthplace of the world’s auto industry.

Governor Granholm, without exception, is the worse Democrat governor in recent memory, and that Democrats would trot her out for national television interviews shows how unprepared they are to accept the mantle of leadership and move our country forward.

If you like what Jennifer Granholm has done for Michigan, you’ll love what Barack Obama will do to America!

It’s not a surprising move; in fact, what’s surprising is that the Obama-Granholm connection hasn’t been made more often so far.

With Michigan certain to be a hotly contested state between now and Election Day (especially now that McCain didn’t pick Michigan-friendly Mitt Romney as his VP), these kinds of connections and more will be rife throughout the state coming from both parties.