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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichigan Governor Rick Snyder Set to Enter Republican 2016 Presidential Race
I didn't see this mentioned yet. I don't know much about him outside of the fact that he will be another "establishment" candidate. Any Michiganers have thoughts?
Michigan governor Rick Snyder may be the newest GOP candidate for the White House.
Snyder mingled with donors at a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) in Las Vegas on Friday and told at least one attendee that he was a candidate.
On Saturday morning, the former Minnesota senator Norm Coleman told reporters: I met with Rick Snyder yesterday. Hes running. Hes running.
In a talk with the RJC board, Snyder himself was not as explicit. Ari Fleischer, a board member and former spokesman for President George W Bush, told the Guardian: [He] didnt say to the board that he was running. He made a real strong presentation about his results and successes in Michigan.
Fleischer added: You have to wonder why people to come to our meetings and its probably because hes thinking of running.
Snyder, who was recently re-elected for a second term, is a business-oriented and comparatively socially moderate Republican. A former president and chairman of the board of the computer company Gateway, he won a Republican state primary in 2010 as a first-time candidate and underdog who ran as One Tough Nerd. He now uses the phrase as his Twitter handle.
In office, Snyder has pushed legislation to put Detroit under emergency bankruptcy management and signed a controversial right to work bill that greatly restricted the ability of unions in Michigan to collect dues from members.
Snyder mingled with donors at a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) in Las Vegas on Friday and told at least one attendee that he was a candidate.
On Saturday morning, the former Minnesota senator Norm Coleman told reporters: I met with Rick Snyder yesterday. Hes running. Hes running.
In a talk with the RJC board, Snyder himself was not as explicit. Ari Fleischer, a board member and former spokesman for President George W Bush, told the Guardian: [He] didnt say to the board that he was running. He made a real strong presentation about his results and successes in Michigan.
Fleischer added: You have to wonder why people to come to our meetings and its probably because hes thinking of running.
Snyder, who was recently re-elected for a second term, is a business-oriented and comparatively socially moderate Republican. A former president and chairman of the board of the computer company Gateway, he won a Republican state primary in 2010 as a first-time candidate and underdog who ran as One Tough Nerd. He now uses the phrase as his Twitter handle.
In office, Snyder has pushed legislation to put Detroit under emergency bankruptcy management and signed a controversial right to work bill that greatly restricted the ability of unions in Michigan to collect dues from members.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/25/michigan-governor-rick-snyder-republican-2016-presidential-race
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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Set to Enter Republican 2016 Presidential Race (Original Post)
gotj90
Apr 2015
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Laurian
(2,593 posts)1. Really? Is this a joke?
Scraping the bottom of the barrel, now.
eppur_se_muova
(36,256 posts)2. Good. Crawling out into the light where he can get grilled. nt
gollygee
(22,336 posts)3. Worst potential president ever.
I know there are other horrible ones, but he talks like he won't do something and he turns around and does it and was obviously planning it all along. He's incredibly deceitful.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)4. His voice says GOP. His resume says Koch Brothers.
So, yes, he's got the right pedigree for the job.