Auchtoon!You’re Gonna Make Me Work for This?
It’s fair to say that these have not been the best of times for the Michigan Republican Party. They’ve recently experienced statewide losses, a leadership crisis, diminishing donations, infighting, actual fighting, scandal, and general dysfunction.
For the upcoming election, it is understandable how Michigan Democrats might be tempted to run on a platform of “we’re not them.” But voters — at least the undecided ones, the ones who actually sway elections — need something more than that.
It’s easy to point to what you’re against — it takes effort to thoughtfully consider and then articulate what you’re for. That’s what worked for Reagan. That’s what worked for Obama. We’ll see if Michigan Democrats figure it out.
