Reply #17: She saved the state from bankruptcy without raising taxes

[noonwitch]

or massive layoffs of state employees, although Engler had already decimated the work force with an early retirement program.

Before he left office, Engler gave away the state's rainy day fund in tax breaks for all of his corporate friends. The day Granholm took office, the state was in the red.

I think once the whole truth about DeVos and the China outsourcing is known, Granholm will prevail. But it's going to be close, state-wide elections in Michigan usually are tight.