Recommendation for Michigan Attorney General: Vote Bishop

Michigan's current State Attorney General, Republican Mike Cox, is barred by state term limit laws from running for a third consecutive term in office, and so the position is going to be open. Cox did a fantastic job as AG for our state, and one can only hope that our next AG continues fighting for Michigan citizens. The Michigan Attorney General election of 2010 will be held on November 2, 2010, along with all of the other races. In Michigan, candidates for Attorney General are nominated by the respective political parties at their fall state convention, which will occur this weekend.

The Democratic Candidate will be Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton, who won (as usual with most Democratic races) with no opposition, vetting, or primary election. He is a solid liberal lawyer who (according to his website) will 'fight for you' by fighting for more environmentalism, will push for more government control over your children, and will try to make the public safety in Michigan more like Flint's. Special interests are funding his campaign, and as AG, he'll attack citizens, the Constitution, and businesses in our state. So I think I'll suggest you don't vote for him.

The two Republican candidates are former judge Bill Schuette and current State Senator Mike Bishop.

Bill Schuette has a lot of endorsements and campaign finances, and as AG would be a solid, reliable AG, but he strikes me as a career politician who is better at getting endorsements and campaign finance than he is fighting for the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Michigan. Whenever he talks, he talks about why you should vote for him, about who is on his team, about who likes him, about how he is the best man for the job, about how great he is- but he never gives any evidence, reasons, or backing for these claims. I don't care who likes him and how popular he is, and he rarely talks about the issues or what he would do as AG. He looks through you when he talks to you, looking to what you represent and who you've got backing you, and I don't like that. Oh, he's a lot better than the Democratic candidate- he's conservative and understands the nature of federalism, something the Dem doesn't- and if he gets the nomination I'll pull the lever for him, but I'm not going to recommend him now.

A Conservative Teacher strongly and without hesitation endorses Mike Bishop for Michigan Attorney General. Mike strikes me as strong leader who isn't afraid to make tough decisions. He brings up the US Constitution quicker than anyone whenever you talk to him, and is quick to reflect everything back on it when he talks about the proper roles of state and national government. As AG, he'll fight for letting Michigan residents and citizens decide how Michigan runs, and push back against the encroachments by our national government in our local affairs. He will fight to expose corruption in various government agencies, and will continue to push for greater transparency in all of Michigan's government corrupt venture capital groups (Film Office and MEDC as examples). He's a solid conservative who is willing to risk the media's wrath to get things done in our state. Above all of that though Mike is a good guy- he's personable, he takes the time to care about your issues, and he is a solid family man. He's exactly the type of guy our Founding Fathers would have endorsed for Michigan AG were they around today- a real citizen/politician.

I strongly suggest that you vote for Mike Bishop at the convention and make him our next AG.