tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534894.post6053933581265175893..comments2023-12-03T04:31:58.288-05:00Comments on Walberg Watch: Michigan Budget Crisis - Schauer, Walberg, and SchwarzFitzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416823898560265455noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534894.post-48540000122164389692007-10-04T18:27:00.000-04:002007-10-04T18:27:00.000-04:00I think shot himself in the foot when he voted yes...I think shot himself in the foot when he voted yes to the tax increase. Walberg will go after him for that one!!!!<BR/>Nick SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534894.post-41822714155531927062007-10-03T17:52:00.000-04:002007-10-03T17:52:00.000-04:00SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!...<B>SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!SPAM!</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534894.post-87205954234125817572007-09-28T21:14:00.000-04:002007-09-28T21:14:00.000-04:00Save your donations. Once we have Schauer on reco...Save your donations. Once we have Schauer on record voting to increase the income tax, his chances of becoming a congressman are about as good as Granholm's are of gaining back her canadian citizenship. The people of the 7th district don't play that game Marky Mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534894.post-33795638958370629822007-09-28T14:04:00.000-04:002007-09-28T14:04:00.000-04:00Wow. Readers of this blog "get it." It is not ju...Wow. Readers of this blog "get it." It is not just Tim Walberg that people are sick of. It is all the typical politicians who talk a good talk to their base but wind up pretty much innefective and unable to govern.<BR/><BR/>I really cannot get excited about Mark Schauer. If he is the only other choice, I assume I will vote for him in November of 2008, but that choice is not my ideal situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534894.post-70874116919476771682007-09-28T10:09:00.000-04:002007-09-28T10:09:00.000-04:00What this shows is that the death of centrist, pra...What this shows is that the death of centrist, pragmatic politicians, like Joe Schwarz, has serious ramifications when it comes to governing.<BR/><BR/>As stated elsewhere, Walberg is CFG's lap dog who will spit up their talking points for as long as they pay for his campaigns.<BR/><BR/>Mark Schauer has largely been ignored when it comes to finding a solution for the budget because he serves as nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Governor's tax increase.<BR/><BR/>And it is exactly because Mark Schauer is a self-serving politician, keen on securing the support of his base for a Congressional run that he is as irrelevant in Lansing as Tim Walberg is in DC.<BR/><BR/>Unless Schwarz runs as an independent, and I have no expectation that he will, all we will be left with come next November are 2 candidates who will do little to advance pragmatic solutions. Their only success will come from contributing to the general public's increasing disatisfaction with our political system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534894.post-5152049636533922142007-09-27T08:52:00.000-04:002007-09-27T08:52:00.000-04:00Agree, Schwarz should have stayed in office, but t...Agree, Schwarz should have stayed in office, but the GOP voters were just plain lazy in in August primary and this blog is a result of that. We've all suffered the consequences with Walberg.<BR/><BR/>The thought occurred to me, I don't want to see a state shutdown, but if the state did shutdown I think it would really reaveal what parts of state government are needed and necessary and which parts we can live without. If it happens, I think it will be very revealing and I hope the legislature ultimatly cuts unnecessary and redundant parts out of state govenment. <BR/><BR/>I'm really dissapointed that our "spineless" legislature can't get things done and ultimatly it's turned over to a small committee to make the decisions too tough for big shots in the Capitol.<BR/><BR/>I always thought politics was about compromise, but it seems that's a foreign term in Michigan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534894.post-43529691564274684182007-09-27T08:35:00.000-04:002007-09-27T08:35:00.000-04:00This answers the question once and for all why so ...This answers the question once and for all why so many on this site and voters of both parties want Joe Schwarz back in office. Of all the politicians in the 7th district, he is still the most in touch. He knows what's going on with the budget, with Amtrak, with SCHIP and is still doing something about them. Heap on the partisan rhetoric that he's a big, bad Republican. Write Mark Schauer love notes as he continues to get nothing done. But nobody is more qualified for the job than Schwarz and is doing more for the people in the district. Period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534894.post-76122427950141960272007-09-27T07:54:00.000-04:002007-09-27T07:54:00.000-04:00Mark Schauer has done jack to prevent this shutdow...Mark Schauer has done jack to prevent this shutdown. His mind was on running for Congress long ago. He has made zero progress getting Republicans on board for the governor's plan. And this is the great hope for Dems in the 7th?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com