Tuesday, February 06, 2007

State of the State: Git 'Er Done!

Once upon a time there were the Republicans, occaisionally refered to as the Grand Old Party, Repugs, and the Cult of the Shrub. Governor Granholm just likes to call them The Naysayers.

In telling Saul & Co. where to stick it, Governor Jennifer Granholm managed to deliver a passionate and eloquent summary of what's broken and gave an outline of how we're going to fix it.

With her recent triumph over Mr. Soap and Hope himself, the Governor added a whole new level of steel to her spine and drew a new line in the sand. There will be stem cell research, there will have to be some sort of tax adjustment and that no one will slash school funding.

P.S. The Governor's cut taxes 93 times. The Naysayers? Well all they really did was create a lil ol' 1.9 billion dollar hole.

For the full blow-by-blow, be sure to check out Capital Viewpoint. Feel free to leave your snarks, your spitballs or your swarmy praise below.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There WILL be stem cell research?

It was illegal before? Did I miss something?

Why do the Democrats make it seem like stem cell research is illegal?

LiberalLucy said...

Uh, well probably because there is a state-wide ban on stem cell research. The millions of dollars you see currently leaving the state is in part to top-notch researchers at U of M, MSU, and Wayne State closing up shop and heading out to California.

As someone who lives daily with a chronic illness that could have been prevented or even cured with stem cell research, I think we can't bring it back soon enough.