Michigan Voters Poised to Dethrone Dingell
We've just gotten wind of some wonderfully exciting news for Dr. Robert Steele, a friend of Ricochet and the Republican challenger for John Dingell's seat in Michigan's 15th District:
In what is probably the most surprising poll of this cycle so far, a joint effort by the Democratic-oriented Rossman Group and the Republican-oriented Team TelCom for the Detroit Free Press finds that 27-term Democrat John Dingell of Michigan trails his Republican opponent Rob Steele by four points, 43.8 percent to 39.5 percent.
The only time Dingell has ever fallen below 60 percent in the 55 years he's been in office was in 1994, when he received 59 percent of the vote. That Dr. Steele has managed to capture the lead in this D+13 district may just indicate that Professor Rahe's wildly optimistic predictions are right on the money.
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Re: Michigan Voters Poised to Dethrone Dingell
There will be other such seats. I would not rule out Barney Frank's losing in Massachusetts. If Scott Brown could take Ted Kennedy's seat, anything can happen -- and there is evidence suggesting that Frank is in trouble. He is running scared.
Aug '10
Re: Michigan Voters Poised to Dethrone Dingell
Great news! Dingell gave a candid interview last year when the vote for health control was approaching, and he said (I'm paraphrasing), "This is how we control the people...." and went on about tactics. A day later he denied it, but his denials fell flat. It wasn't taken out of context or misunderstood. He's an out-and-out Statist.
Aug '10
Re: Michigan Voters Poised to Dethrone Dingell
The smell of Barney Frank running scared ? It is either flopsweat or the OneNationWorkingTogether cleanup crew .
Who will show Dingell the way home ? Or is it just up Wisconsin Ave. ? Avenue Not State. Like River said, "an out statist". Does he have a house in Dearborn, a madrassah , a mosque, or a very small condo ? He would have to take his shoes in half of them.
Dearborn has lots of mosques and no jobs. And no Mayflower. (the thought of Al Gore and him both growing up in DC ------)
Edited on Oct 8, 2010 at 3:50pmMay '10
Re: Michigan Voters Poised to Dethrone Dingell
I live in the Dingell Satrapy (in Ann Arbor, specifically) and traffic here is snarled everywhere by all the $*%^# construction projects. It's not just that it's all happening at once. It's that the priorities are all screwed up. They start a project one place, then leave it half-done and start up another. They're resurfacing roads that didn't need it; meanwhile, a 4-lane bridge right by the U-M football stadium is down to 2-lanes. It's been that way for 15 months! Two football seasons, screwed up because they can't repair one bridge??!?
It's a perfect example of what happens when gov't is run by people 1000 miles away. I wonder if the Democrats timed things so all this activity would be seen at election time. If so, they miscalculated horribly. Folks are amazed at the incompetence. Projects seem to have been approved based on how many bike paths or traffic circles were involved.
So: are people noticing this problem other places?
May '10
Re: Michigan Voters Poised to Dethrone Dingell
Pinch me! Surely this is a dream.
Aug '10
Re: Michigan Voters Poised to Dethrone Dingell
Fredösphere: I live in the Dingell Satrapy (in Ann Arbor, specifically) and traffic here is snarled everywhere by all the $*%^# construction projects. It's not just that it's all happening at once. It's that the priorities are all screwed up.
So: are people noticing this problem other places? · Oct 8 at 5:07pm
Well, Chicago seemed to have the brilliant idea of repairing all the major east-west streets on the north side simultaneously, leaving no way to get across town without going through construction zones. And then, some of Chicago's richest suburbs have been receiving stimulus money to repair their roads -- despite the fact that if any municipalities could afford to repair their own streets, it would be these.
But then, this is Chicago... (And I think Rahm Emanuel's mama might be living in one of those rich suburbs...)
May '10
Re: Michigan Voters Poised to Dethrone Dingell
If Dr. Steele wins, I'm singing from the top of my lungs, "♫ Ding dong, the Dingell's gone! ♫"
Re: Michigan Voters Poised to Dethrone Dingell
It would be a great day for all of us, but especially for Ricochet! We picked him months ago, had him on the podcast, and he was excellent. He'd be a great, principled congressman. I'm sending him some money right now.
May '10
Re: Michigan Voters Poised to Dethrone Dingell
I was told that the Stadium bridge was narrowed to two lanes because it was structurally unsound, so they didn't want to risk pushing weight capacity, especially on game day. Not sure if that's any better.
Eric Cantor was at Rob's tailgate today. People are getting to know him, he's just so much more accessible than Dingell. You can go to his website, find an event, seek him out, and ask him a question, which he'll answer candidly like a real person.
Edited on Oct 9, 2010 at 10:37pm