Comparing and contrasting endorsements

The Detroit Free Press has come out with most of their endorsements for next week's vote. They pick Jocelyn Benson for Sec. State, David Leyton for AG, and Alton Davis for the state Supremes. All reliably Democratic picks.

However, they don't pick a Dem for the other Supreme seat, simply noting one of the GOP picks is a better justice, even though they suspect they won't agree with all of her rulings. I'll stick to the BTL choice.

And they pick GOP Rick Snyder for governor. The Freep rarely picks a GOP candidate for gov. -- the last time was when the Dem pick was a real stinker, though the GOP choice wasn't much better. The paper's reasoning is that Snyder is running under the GOP label, but is sufficiently independent of the party (he hasn't run for office before) that he won't be constrained by the groups that normally fund GOP coffers. They are wary of Bernero, who will be constrained by the groups that fill the Dem coffers. They note, however, that Snyder, because he is so independent, might not be able to get the GOP members of the state house and senate to follow where he leads.

I am so disgusted with the GOP that I couldn't vote for an "independent" GOP candidate. Especially since he will preside over next year's Congressional redistricting. No thanks.