Duggan: Whitmer gives Democrats best chance to end GOP rule

[NCTraveler]

Detroit – There’s "a lot at stake" in November, and Gretchen Whitmer is the Michigan Democratic Party’s best chance at taking back the governor’s office after eight years of Republican rule, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Sunday.

With the Democratic primary two days away, hundreds of supporters and interested observers braved 90-degree heat for an afternoon rally at Gordon Park near Detroit’s historic Boston Edison neighborhood. The get-out-the-vote party in the state's largest city featured free food, bouncy houses and pony rides.

“It is time for us to get serious, not about leading a resistance, but about leading, about setting the agenda,” Whitmer said in an energetic speech. “That’s what this election is all about.”

The former state Senate minority leader has led statewide polls of the Democratic primary but has struggled to catch fire in Detroit, where Ann Arbor businessman Shri Thanedar has spent heavily to build his name identification and former city health director Abdul El-Sayed has courted the progressive left.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/08/05/duggan-whitmer-democrats-end-gop-rule/910109002/

Whitmer rallies with Duggan in Detroit

https://www.detroitnews.com/videos/news/local/michigan/2018/08/05/whitmer-rallies-duggan-detroit/911475002/

Whitmer: Democratic gubernatorial rivals 'deceptive' on health care

“I’m not going to utter buzz phrases because I think it’s deceptive to pretend a governor can count on two waivers from the Trump administration, and a constitutional amendment, and a hundred billion dollars. I’m not going to play those games.”

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/08/02/whitmer-health-care-deceptive-buzz-words/891750002/

[muntrv]

1. I was in Detroit over the weekend and saw lots of signs for Thanedar there. I think Whitmer has the

best chance of beating Schuette or whoever the GOPee nominates.

[NCTraveler]

2. Thanedar has been polling consistently in second.

There is a chance he might benefit a little from the latest issues between Whitmer and the person running a distant third. .

[Gothmog]

3. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet