tag:profile.mlive.com,2012:sjdemas/8000348 2012-05-27T02:46:56Z Movable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.8383000 2012-05-24T12:15:47Z 2012-05-24T12:15:47Z

House Republicans must think voters are awfully stupid. Apparently, they think the average voter can be bought off with 50 cents more jingling in his pocket each week, thanks to what they adorably call "tax relief."

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html House Republicans must think voters are awfully stupid. Apparently, they think the average voter can be bought off with 50 cents more jingling in his pocket each week, thanks to what they adorably call "tax relief." http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/05/house_republicans_have_an_impo.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.8334939 2012-05-17T13:00:04Z 2012-05-17T13:00:04Z

The fact is, too many of this current crop of Republican lawmakers don't give a fig about our universities, which they regard as little more than liberal indoctrination factories whizzing away your hard-earned taxpayer dollars.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html The fact is, too many of this current crop of Republican lawmakers don't give a fig about our universities, which they regard as little more than liberal indoctrination factories whizzing away your hard-earned taxpayer dollars. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/05/post_81.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.8280141 2012-05-10T12:00:28Z 2012-05-10T12:00:28Z

U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) -- ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Navy veteran and Rhodes Scholar -- got walloped this week by someone unfit to carry his coffee cup into the Senate chamber.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) -- ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Navy veteran and Rhodes Scholar -- got walloped this week by someone unfit to carry his coffee cup into the Senate chamber. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/05/post_80.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.8223923 2012-05-03T12:00:10Z 2012-05-03T12:00:10Z

Let's say that you believe that there is a massive Republican conspiracy in Michigan and that the power-hungry, CEO-serving goons will stop at nothing to thwart the will of the people.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html Let's say that you believe that there is a massive Republican conspiracy in Michigan and that the power-hungry, CEO-serving goons will stop at nothing to thwart the will of the people. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/05/post_79.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.8171490 2012-04-26T12:00:00Z 2012-04-26T12:00:00Z

Dear Gov. Snyder, You lost. Unless Matty Moroun, his Detroit International Bridge Co. and his $1 billion in the bank are bluffing, they seem almost assured of winning the latest round in the fight over building a new bridge from Detroit to Windsor, Canada.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html Dear Gov. Snyder, You lost. Unless Matty Moroun, his Detroit International Bridge Co. and his $1 billion in the bank are bluffing, they seem almost assured of winning the latest round in the fight over building a new bridge from Detroit to Windsor, Canada. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/post_78.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.8133125 2012-04-19T12:00:42Z 2012-04-19T12:00:42Z

There's no shortage of critical, hot-button issues to debate this election. Naturally, the 2012 general election season has been dominated, thus far, to the likes of aging, confused rocker Ted Nugent and the perfectly manicured Ann Romney.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html There's no shortage of critical, hot-button issues to debate this election. Naturally, the 2012 general election season has been dominated, thus far, to the likes of aging, confused rocker Ted Nugent and the perfectly manicured Ann Romney. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/post_77.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.8092690 2012-04-12T12:00:17Z 2012-04-12T12:00:17Z

It's one thing to be wrong. It's quite another to take glee in your own ignorance and smugly declare, "Turns out your insults make me stronger. Bring it on; keep shooting the messenger."

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html It's one thing to be wrong. It's quite another to take glee in your own ignorance and smugly declare, "Turns out your insults make me stronger. Bring it on; keep shooting the messenger." http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/post_76.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.8032796 2012-04-05T12:00:09Z 2012-04-05T12:00:09Z

Rick Snyder came into office declaring that he was going to reinvent Michigan. Apparently, that meant kowtowing to the every whim and burp of the Republican Party establishment.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html Rick Snyder came into office declaring that he was going to reinvent Michigan. Apparently, that meant kowtowing to the every whim and burp of the Republican Party establishment. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/post_75.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7982834 2012-03-29T12:00:29Z 2012-03-29T12:00:29Z

A reasonable person might come to the conclusion that Michigan's Republican-led Legislature is on a mission to kill higher education in our great state.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html A reasonable person might come to the conclusion that Michigan's Republican-led Legislature is on a mission to kill higher education in our great state. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/post_74.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7957831 2012-03-22T12:00:40Z 2012-03-22T12:00:40Z

I have a healthy respect for the law in regards to slander and libel provisions. Sadly, some Tea Partiers who profess to love the Constitution and rule of law more than life itself don't seem to grasp basic legal concepts.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html I have a healthy respect for the law in regards to slander and libel provisions. Sadly, some Tea Partiers who profess to love the Constitution and rule of law more than life itself don't seem to grasp basic legal concepts. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/post_73.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7914547 2012-03-15T12:00:04Z 2012-03-15T12:00:04Z

Allow me to tell you a little about myself. I am a mom in my mid-thirties who, for lack of a better term, is a WASP. As a businesswoman and writer, I work hard, pay my taxes and split my ticket.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html Allow me to tell you a little about myself. I am a mom in my mid-thirties who, for lack of a better term, is a WASP. As a businesswoman and writer, I work hard, pay my taxes and split my ticket. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/post_72.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7868832 2012-03-08T13:01:25Z 2012-03-08T13:01:25Z

Now that the glorious Michigan GOP presidential primary is over and the national media circus has left us like a cheap, one-night stand, clowns from both political extremes have bobbled in to fill the void.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html Now that the glorious Michigan GOP presidential primary is over and the national media circus has left us like a cheap, one-night stand, clowns from both political extremes have bobbled in to fill the void. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/post_70.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7828600 2012-03-01T13:30:51Z 2012-03-01T13:30:51Z

When you have decided to denigrate the value of a college education as a cheap ploy to win votes in one of the most depressed states in the country, you don't deserve to be president. It's really that simple.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html When you have decided to denigrate the value of a college education as a cheap ploy to win votes in one of the most depressed states in the country, you don't deserve to be president. It's really that simple. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/post_69.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7783576 2012-02-23T13:01:00Z 2012-02-23T13:01:00Z

"There is income inequality in America," Rick Santorum said at the Detroit Economic Club. "There always has been and, hopefully, and I do say that, there always will be."

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html "There is income inequality in America," Rick Santorum said at the Detroit Economic Club. "There always has been and, hopefully, and I do say that, there always will be." http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/02/why_is_michigan_slipping_away.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7737821 2012-02-16T13:00:00Z 2012-02-16T13:00:00Z

If Rick Santorum somehow becomes the GOP nominee, the Tea Party temper tantrum will have turned into a full-blown identity crisis for the Republican Party.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html If Rick Santorum somehow becomes the GOP nominee, the Tea Party temper tantrum will have turned into a full-blown identity crisis for the Republican Party. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/02/post_67.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7699369 2012-02-09T13:00:12Z 2012-02-09T13:00:12Z

Ccyberschools are a win-win: a dumping ground for undesirable students and a moneymaker for private education management companies.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html Ccyberschools are a win-win: a dumping ground for undesirable students and a moneymaker for private education management companies. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/02/post_66.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7663077 2012-02-02T13:00:43Z 2012-02-02T13:00:43Z

Florida is the biggest of all the swing states and it nicely sets up Mitt Romney, who has never had to wont for money, for the primary calendar ahead. For Michigan, this only means one thing: Almost certain irrelevance.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html Florida is the biggest of all the swing states and it nicely sets up Mitt Romney, who has never had to wont for money, for the primary calendar ahead. For Michigan, this only means one thing: Almost certain irrelevance. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/02/no_virginia_michigans_primary.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7650440 2012-01-30T22:21:40Z 2012-01-30T22:21:40Z

Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm says that her new network, Current TV, would love to become the left's answer to Fox News.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm says that her new network, Current TV, would love to become the left's answer to Fox News. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/01/post_65.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7650358 2012-01-30T20:15:54Z 2012-01-30T20:15:54Z

Gov. Jennifer Granholm is set tonight to debut her new Current TV show, The War Room, and she talked to MLive.com about what makes her different from other liberal talk show hosts.

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html Gov. Jennifer Granholm is set tonight to debut her new Current TV show, The War Room, and she talked to MLive.com about what makes her different from other liberal talk show hosts. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/01/before_her_current_tv_show_deb.html tag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7647184 2012-01-30T04:17:50Z 2012-01-30T04:17:50Z

How was I supposed to know that when I began writing a political column five years ago that it would one day become fashionable to refer to powerful women in Lansing as hookers?

sjdemas http://connect.mlive.com/user/sjdemas/index.html How was I supposed to know that when I began writing a political column five years ago that it would one day become fashionable to refer to powerful women in Lansing as hookers? http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/01/post_64.html