So far I’m holding fast to my informal one-and-done rule on Trumpian letters to the editor. I might relent if told to or when it gets closer to the November presidential election.
Open season on the primary election, coming up on March 10 – one more edition before voters head to the polls. Fortunately, Michigan picks its candidates using a primary system, so we don’t have to worry about having one of those crazy caucuses.
Who are you supporting for your party nomination for president, and why?
If you’re a Republican looking to jettison the incumbent President Trump, Bill Weld will be on the ballot. He’s “one man standing up for a better America,” so if Trump’s “Make American Great Again” is too much for you, along with everything else, there you go.
Joe Walsh and Mark Stanford will also be on the ballot, but they have suspended their campaigns. Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente looks like he’s also still in the hunt for the Republican nomination but he didn’t make the Michigan primary ballot.
Democrats will have 15 candidates listed on their primary ballots, but almost half have withdrawn from the race. Candidates who dropped out include Michael Bennet, Cory Booker, Julián Castro, John Delaney, Joe Sestak, Marianne Williamson, and Andrew Yang.
The candidates still looking to take out (electorally speaking) President Trump, after first taking out all the other Democrats (also speaking in the metaphorical sense) include Joe Biden, Michael R. Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, and Elizabeth Warren.
Mayor Bloomberg paid extra to include his middle initial. Just kidding, probably. There is one other candidate on the ballot who appears with his middle initial. That would be Donald J. Trump.
Also, the ballot initiatives appearing on the ballot for the DIA and Clarkston Community Schools. Both are renewals of existing millages. The DIA millage, providing art services through the Oakland County Art Institute Authority, wasn’t going to expire until 2012. They’re looking to secure it through 2031.