Michigan Republicans Poised for a Comeback

By: Brittany Hartmann

Who would have ever thought that Michigan would have a Republican comeback?

Well, I’m here to tell you it is happening. The Republicans are amped up and excited for the coming campaign season because they know Michigan is tired and fed-up with the way the government is handling things.

Take for instance, the economy. Wasn’t the stimulus package supposed to supply us with more jobs? Wasn’t the Michigan Promise Scholarship supposed to be a promise? Weren’t taxes supposed to stay down and Medicade supposed to get better? Weren’t our roads and public safety supposed to get better? Instead, we have a state government who is allowing convicted felons back on the street. The state can no longer afford to keep them in prison due to the very expensive new building we purchased to house them.

We have a Governor who can’t keep a promise, who can’t create jobs and who can’t give people incentives to stay in Michigan. Michiganders know that we need a new approach. We need a new plan, a new party; hence the comeback of the Republicans.

Recently Michigan had a visit from Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee; Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana; and Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential Nominee for the Republican Party. Michael Steele was the guest of honor at the Kent County Lincoln Day Dinner and he gave a wonderful speech on the power of young people and the their ability to make our party prosper in the future, but they must be given that chance first. Bobby Jindal shared with the Michigan republicans his abilities to stick to conservative ideals, resulting in election victories and changes for his state country.

Sticking to a conservative platform and standing by those ideals to correct and implement policy is one thing that conservatives and republicans must do if we are going to realize the comeback that we are so avidly after. Sarah Palin was in Grand Rapids for the kick-off of her book tour. She made a campaign promise to come back to Michigan because she has a connection to the state, through her son playing hockey here multiple times. She chose Michigan as the starting point of her tour. Unlike President Obama and his inability to keep his campaign promises, and unlike Granholm and her inability to keep a monetary promise, Sarah Palin and the Republican Party can keep their promises!

We can stick to a platform of conservative ideals, keep our promises and bring Michigan back up on its feet again. Michigan needs to thank these fellow Republicans for coming to our state and sparking up a fire that has long been put out by Democrats. It is through the keeping of our promises and the sticking with our ideals of conservatism that Republicans are going to have a powerful comeback in Michigan. So let’s fuel the ignited flame and get ready for 2010. I know the Republicans are.