Freep reports some bombshells about Manoogian investigation

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I find it highly unlikely that anyone but Cox will be the governor elect by this time next year, even with all this silliness in the news.

Do you now?

Funny, I don't think the electorate will be that naiive.. If you call this all "silliness", then you must have been asleep during the text messaging scandal.... even KK's mother would have gotten the boot had the opposition vote not gotten split.

Cox will have to make it out of the state Republican convention with the nomination... and with adultery and now a possible corruption coverup looming... I doubt the conservative wing of the Republican Party will have the stomach to let bygones be bygones....

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Cox will have to make it out of the state Republican convention with the nomination... and with adultery and now a possible corruption coverup looming... I doubt the conservative wing of the Republican Party will have the stomach to let bygones be bygones....

That kind of tabloid stuff doesn't get as much play in local politics as it does in national politics, and certainly won't matter very much in the republican primary. This is especially true in a state like Michigan where people are much more worried about their jobs [[or lack thereof) at the moment than anything else.

The adultery thing will undoubtedly get resurrected, but that bomb was largely diffused two years ago and won't get nearly as much press as it would have if it had come out during the election.

And the Manoogian thing seems like nothing more than Michigan's version of classic conspiracy theory.

As for Cherry, whether rightly or wrongly, he is going to have difficulty beating a box of hair next year since he was part of the administration that oversaw the largest job losses in the state's history. Some folks in the middle are going to want to go with a change of pace.

I guess we'll see what happens in about 360 more days.