http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/Political news and notes from Lansing, MichiganenMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/michigan,lansing,politics,mbt,electionsNews & PoliticsBusiness/Business NewsSusan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comnomichigan,lansing,politics,mbt,electionsSusan Demas discusses Michigan political issues, state policy and state leaders.Susan Demas discusses Michigan political issues, state policy and state leaders.CapitolChronicleshttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/LnxX6GPvgck/capitol_chronicles_is_moving_t.htmlPolitics152111315211141521125Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comMon, 11 Jul 2011 08:51:15 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6638845 ]]>After more than three years here, Capitol Chronicles is moving to a new home on the mlive.com Politics page.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/07/capitol_chronicles_is_moving_t.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/4Hay_xZOYTo/will_michigan_republicans_be_o.htmlBusinessMichigan PoliticsNews - DetroitPolitics54152110042291499195149919757449118154149919957449514992011499202149920314903921276899622355Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comMon, 27 Jun 2011 08:57:59 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6562398.20110627115759 ]]>Some New York Republicans changed their minds on gay marriage. How many Michigan Republicans will be that open-minded about the most controversial issue before them -- the new bridge connecting Detroit and Canada?http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/will_michigan_republicans_be_o.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/DpY_oab155A/michigans_concealed_weapons_la.htmlMichigan PoliticsNews - FlintOpinion - FlintPolitics47841843473149910414991061499108149911014991122673720377447583Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comSun, 26 Jun 2011 10:12:16 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6562081 ]]>Michigan's 10-year concealed weapons law has virtually no oversight -- but the Legislature won't fix that unless the NRA says it's A-OK.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/michigans_concealed_weapons_la.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/DdakyOslqe4/post_52.htmlColumnMichigan PoliticsPolitics14947219781611494723149472473632149472668989149472814947305874714947321494734149473614947381494740149474214947441494745865108Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comFri, 24 Jun 2011 07:28:44 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6551223 ]]>Mitt Romney has already been crowned the 2012 GOP frontrunner by a bevy of pundits. But there are signs of trouble in Romneyland, starting right here in his home state of Michiganhttp://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/post_52.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/6Qb7124huPU/new_york_inches_toward_gay_mar.htmlBudgetMichigan PoliticsPolitics62966212960984562031815424232518916614903901490392726966149039414903961390035Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comWed, 22 Jun 2011 11:17:45 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6537239 ]]>The third-largest state in the nation could be approving gay marriage any day now thanks to a bipartisan effort. Meanwhile, in Michigan, I can't think of one Republican politician for gay marriage, although Gov. Rick Snyder supports civil unions.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/new_york_inches_toward_gay_mar.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/2376MjnWV28/post_51.htmlBudgetMichigan PoliticsPolitics1475822147582410510851475826147582862031385181229923100154614758301349892142825014758321347557140395614758341475836Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comThu, 16 Jun 2011 08:33:57 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6504502 ]]>Are Democrats planning to run against the Paul Ryan budget? In Michigan, the answer appears to be: You betcha.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/post_51.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/zl6XLXrvF90/the_mirs_podcast_in_which_i_ca.htmlBusinessMichigan PoliticsNews - JacksonOpinion - JacksonPolitics57677298195147046119782333063309514704631470465147046714704691470471227899298193Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comMon, 13 Jun 2011 22:45:31 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6489533 ]]>Hunting in the wild takes skill. What Ted Nugent and rich suburbanites do on his little ranch isn't hunting. Shooting pigs from airplanes isn't hunting. Just like shooting fish in a barrel ain't fishing. http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/the_mirs_podcast_in_which_i_ca.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/-lJ_di-Ozao/dan_calabrese_and_the_pc_moral.htmlBusinessMichigan PoliticsPolitics941867347122146883714688392874215242661468841694071468845233351465776Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comMon, 13 Jun 2011 12:01:39 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6483492 ]]>If there's one thing that I love, it's the politically correct morality police who pretend they're conservatives. http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/dan_calabrese_and_the_pc_moral.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/_fuvYlXo45o/dick_morris_says_obama_is_toas.htmlBusinessMichigan PoliticsPolitics62511199040146581514658171465819146582114658237269661465825Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comSat, 11 Jun 2011 11:34:46 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6477188.20110611143446 ]]>At an Oakland County Tea Party dinner this week, Dickie declared that President Barack Obama is toast is 2012.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/dick_morris_says_obama_is_toas.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/uJmc4aRoXXY/post_50.htmlColumnMichigan PoliticsPolitics9418677386514884179337694071465768146577094756146577214657741465776Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comSat, 11 Jun 2011 13:21:06 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6476747 ]]>I really don't care if politicians lie about their personal lives. There. I said it. That's my libertarian side. The truth is that just about everyone lies about their personal lives in some way.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/post_50.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/jEz8YQ1Ddn4/jennifer_granholm_gloats_over.htmlBudgetMichigan PoliticsPolitics38552614508867199321450888145089020687441645958737726966109970714508921057184Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comFri, 03 Jun 2011 17:59:51 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6430462 ]]>It's not as easy as it looks, huh, boys? That was pretty much what a very tanned and rested former Gov. Jennifer Granholm said in an MSNBC segment this week on new GOP governors' plummeting poll numbers. http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/jennifer_granholm_gloats_over.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/lko_Pxlkhzc/forget_about_jobs_tim_walberg.htmlMichigan PoliticsPolitics8198871445629484526484524144563114456331445635144563727978Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comThu, 02 Jun 2011 09:02:19 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6419122 ]]>Rep. Walberg is working to create jobs! That's what the Google ad just told me, anyway. But what Tim Walberg has really been concentrating on lately is trying to get more Twitter followers than some congressman in California, according to one of the most pointless news stories I've read since the breathless faux rapture coverage.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/06/forget_about_jobs_tim_walberg.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/8-pjt8Dx7AE/post_49.htmlBudgetBusinessColumnMichigan PoliticsPolitics14322917290761546972068745839314322931432295143229772696611874641432299103818Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comFri, 27 May 2011 09:30:59 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6386801 ]]>Michigan's budget has been finished in May for the first time in 50 years. Judging from what I've read, that's the most important thing about the $46 billion budget, not what's in it. Well, BFD, as the kids say. http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/05/post_49.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/CfgFcgKyyPY/why_its_smart_for_thad_mccotte.htmlMichigan PoliticsPolitics1107751314142871814287201428722142872414287261428701Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comWed, 25 May 2011 20:11:09 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6373911.20110525231109 ]]>While some have been surprised and skeptical about Thad McCotter's flirtation with a presidential run, it's actually rather brilliant. http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/05/why_its_smart_for_thad_mccotte.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/8JuZIhJGDj4/is_kathy_hocul.htmlMichigan PoliticsPolitics142823734712214282391428241142824314282451428246142824714282481428234142823610015461428250Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comWed, 25 May 2011 08:18:58 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6372564 ]]>After getting their butts kicked in 2010, Democrats are crowing about last night's upset victory in a special congressional election in New York.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/05/is_kathy_hocul.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/i3aGdRg8mrQ/rick_snyder_and_the_legislatur.htmlBudgetBusinessMichigan PoliticsNews - Ann ArborNews - KalamazooOpinion - Ann ArborOpinion - KalamazooPolitics1427309142731162966220798536936142731314273151427317726966142731914947Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comWed, 25 May 2011 04:34:32 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6369992 ]]>In the $1.3 billion -- with a "B" -- Higher Education budget, what House Republicans cared most about was sending the message that gays and embryonic stem cell research are bad.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/05/rick_snyder_and_the_legislatur.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/fqQCr80Ks9A/taxes_and_spending_what_do_mic.htmlBudgetMichigan PoliticsPolitics536936142562014256221099901425624Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comTue, 24 May 2011 04:58:03 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6363248.20110524075803 ]]>What about the Michigan voters who cast their ballots on May 3, 2011? Most of them voted to raise taxes on themselves to support police, schools and municipal services. So have they all become socialists? I haven't seen polling on that, but I'm going to go with no.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/05/taxes_and_spending_what_do_mic.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/1OmbAWoowqg/post_47.htmlBudgetBusinessColumnMichigan PoliticsPolitics98269614198021058101419803141980514198071419812884318494997141981413058877269661419951Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comFri, 20 May 2011 11:34:51 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6305333 ]]>Leroy Fick, who most of us would just call a douchebag, has become politicians' symbol of All That Is Wrong With The Welfare State Which Must Be Destroyed. Memo to everyone in the "liberal" media: Your breathless coverage functions as PR for that message. http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/05/post_47.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/zCZtqRbTb8k/post_48.htmlBusinessMichigan PoliticsPolitics406951125605348512937301415814932134141580614158041415808206876769711683Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comWed, 18 May 2011 06:10:39 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6326151 ]]>Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm -- who was so diplomatic while in office, even though she spent the last four years hoping former Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop would suffer some debilitating hair gel-related injury -- really let loose today on Twitter.http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/05/post_48.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/OFJ8bAF_rEo/bring_on_the_big_government_re.htmlBudgetMichigan PoliticsPolitics3930412163430496664207420361410363Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comSat, 14 May 2011 15:13:34 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6305580 ]]>I guess I just don't understand what passes for conservatism nowadays. http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/05/bring_on_the_big_government_re.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CapitolChronicles/~3/ZWTbDJr3_pI/post_46.htmlBudgetColumnMichigan PoliticsPolitics69183013970601397062988981130199913970647269661397066139706813970701397072Susan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comSun, 08 May 2011 18:09:21 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2011:/capitolchronicles//3851.6256699 ]]>I don't have a magic bullet to fixing education Michigan. And the truth is, no politician does, either. http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2011/05/post_46.htmlSusan Demas - Capitol Chronicles - MLive.comnonadult