NASCAR and the GOP Primary
In the movie Days of Thunder (1990) a notable explanation of stock car racing was given that directly applies to what I am seeing down in the GOP South Carolina primary. In fact, this whole race and the one I observed from the inside of a campaign in 2008 remind me a lot of a good traditional and hard fought NASCAR race. In the movie Harry Hogge yells into the driver’s ear, “Cole, you’re wandering all over the track! “ Cole Trickle responds, “Yeah, well this son of a bitch just slammed into me.” Harry Hogge laughs and educates his ambitious but inexperienced racer, “No,...
Read MoreWhat a Difference 4 Years Can Make
The picture here was taken four years ago today. It is a picture of Governor Mitt Romney, his wife Ann, son Josh and I talking as we left New Hampshire after coming in second (Sen. John McCain won with 37% of the vote). We were on a flight directly back to Michigan (the next primary) and were in fact talking strategy as the reporter from the New York Times noted in the article they published. At the time the focus was balancing frustration and strategy and trying to put the best foot forward to start winning the primaries rather than finishing in second. The media immediately called the...
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2011 was a special year for me. Not special in a normal way but special in an extraordinary way. In fact, special wasn’t even the right word for it. Smashing comes a lot closer. Exquisite for sure. Exceptional and memorable and at the same time uncommon, unique and unusual. Particular days were peculiar. The events and circumstances I experienced were among the best of my life and at the same time I recall with each breath what brought me here. Smashing is a better adjective for describing 2011 because that’s what happened this year. Every notion I had of myself or...
Read MoreNews & Views
Click here to listen to my interview on the News & Views show on December 23, 2011. I was interviewed by Chuck Bates about the state of things in our criminal justice system in America. My interview starts at minute 51:40 if you don’ t want to listen to my friend and former media guru Fred Wszolek speak. Listen Here Download Here Information about the show…. It’s the News Behind the News! News & Views is a live two-hour, issues-oriented and caller-intensive daily radio news magazine delivered from an economist’s point of view. For over 14 years, hosts Dr. Larry...
Read MoreSunrise on the Tarmac
Descending toward a sleepy Detroit this morning had all the mixed morning feelings a flight can bring with the expectant pleasure of returning home in time for Christmas. The flight out from DC gave me a clear view of the well lit street lights with very little traffic on any of the streets or highways. Surprisingly our landing had the same optics, character and feel to it here in DTWville. There was no snow to greet me. No hope of seeing my breath as I walked to my car. No real need at all for the jacket I have been carrying around since I left four days ago. It was still dark when...
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