Snyder may not run for re-election in 2014

[RandySF]

Gov. Rick Snyder told MIRS at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference this weekend that he might not run for re-election in 2014 if he gets his agenda accomplished in his first term.


Snyder has already has gotten the 2012 budget, tax reform, teacher tenure reform and a new Emergency Manager law passed with the help of a GOP Legislature.

He also has outlined priorities for education and health care, like a database of kids' body mass index (BMI) scores and mandatory schools of choice in Michigan. Those initiatives are facing a tougher audience. At the conference, Republican activists didn't care for the new Detroit-Canada bridge or internet sales tax, either.

Snyder said if he gets his agenda accomplished, he would not seek re-election and allow "better, smarter people" to take over so he can see Michigan " be successful in the long term." The governor told MIRS he's "happy to go fishing, go teach or do something else."

http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/gov_rick_snyder_says_he_might.html

[1gobluedem]

1. Just like when he sold Gateway down the river

He took a break then, too. Now he'll ruin Michigan, sit back and count the money from his fatcat friends and consider his options. God, how I detest that man.

[Demeter]

2. Guys who get recalled don't generally succeed, or run again

and it ain't over. What a bastard he is!

[butterfly77]

3. He also needs a...

foot...

[notadmblnd]

4. He could do us a favor, pull a Palin and quit.

[Bozita]

6. Lt. Gov. Calley makes Snyder look like Sen. Bernie Sanders

Can you imagine that?

I despise Snyder and his policies, but, believe it or not, it could be even worse.

[roamer65]

5. Very unpopular person, so he's gonna pull a "Mitt Romney".

Not allow the voters to throw him out by running again.

[Marie Marie]

7. I'm sure that he will have a much more lucrative position waiting for him

so why waste another 4 years earning paltry wages as a Public Servant (I use that term lightly and laughingly.) Some corporation will reward him handsomely for his loyalty to their profits and agendas.

[Kalidurga]

8. Finally some good news for Michigan.

Maybe someone will get into office someday and turn around Michigan's 30 year slump. It sure won't be a Republican though.