Jack Lessenberry

Every weekday, Michigan Radio political analyst Jack Lessenberry offers up his perspective on the latest political news in Michigan.

http://michiganradio.org/people/jack-lessenberry

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 3m. Bisher sind 488 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint täglich.

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Mr. Trump Comes to Detroit


Donald Trump started his week off by coming to Motown and delivering a traditional Republican speech to the Detroit Economic Club, the spiritual home of successful old-school businessmen. I wasn’t there, though I later read the speech and watched a


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 August 9, 2016  3m
 
 

Milliken puts principle before Republican party


William Milliken, the longest-serving governor in Michigan history, and a man who has the Republican Party woven into his DNA, is announcing today his choice for President. He will vote for Hillary Clinton. There are those who have said for years that


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 August 8, 2016  3m
 
 

When is work going to start on that new Detroit to Canada bridge?


For years, those who know how badly our economy needs a new bridge over the Detroit River have waged an epic battle with Matty Moroun, owner of the aging Ambassador Bridge. For a long time, Moroun, the 89-year-old-billionaire holder of the 87-year old


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 August 5, 2016  2m
 
 

One more chance for mass transit


For years, hardworking, far-seeing people from both parties have been trying hard to come up with a mass transit plan that makes sense for metropolitan Detroit. This is not, incidentally, something that’s been pushed primarily by environmentalists, though


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 August 4, 2016  3m
 
 

Melissa Gilbert today will win a prize she doesn't want


Today is primary election day across Michigan, and whenever there’s an election, there are always a number of bizarre things going on. The best one I can remember happened sixteen years ago not in Michigan, but in Missouri, where a Republican United


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 August 2, 2016  2m
 
 

Tomorrow is election day, remember?


Michigan’s statewide primary elections are tomorrow, and most of us probably won’t bother to vote. And that’s too bad. Too bad for us, that is. Our first statewide primary was the presidential one in March, and it set an all-time turnout record. More than


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 August 1, 2016  3m
 
 

Saying no to decent and reliable public transit


If I had young adult children I might have called last night and told them, “I’m sorry, but Metropolitan Detroit is hopeless. You should start planning to move somewhere like Chicago.” That’s because yesterday, two selfish and short-sighted men sabotaged


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 July 29, 2016  3m
 
 

Really? Inviting the Russians to spy on our computers?


If you have a sense of history, try to imagine this: Cast your mind back to 1960, when Senator John F. Kennedy was running for President against Richard Nixon, at the time the nation’s vice president. What if JFK had publicly suggested that the Soviet


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 July 28, 2016  3m