Tag Archives: Comeback Kid

Mark Schauer on fundraising challenges, gay rights and the takeover of Detroit

By Mark | May 13, 2014

As of this last January, before even announcing his intention to run for re-election, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder already had approximately $4 million in his campaign war chest. Money on the right, it would seem, is relatively easy to come by, when you’re willing to bring the likes of Scott Walker, Jed Bush and Chris […]

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I challenge you to show me even one instance of someone calling Rick Snyder “The Comeback Kid”

By Mark | February 2, 2014

If you’re in the State of Michigan, and you’re watching the Super Bowl on television this evening, you’re likely going to see the following ad… the first real ad of Governor Rick Snyder’s reelection campaign. TRANSCRIPT: “Some call him a nerd. But Michigan now calls him The Comeback Kid. Politicians had pushed Michigan down to […]