CALENDAR: Tom Wassa Fundraiser: Tuesday, June 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bigelow Park in Bay City. Cost is $15/person, $25/couple and $30/family. The menu includes brats and hot dogs, sides and beverages.
Dennis Poirier: A fundraiser is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, August 2. Details will come in due course.
Summer Picnic: The summer picnic will be Tuesday, August 14 at Bigelow Park from 7 to 9 p.m.
Joe Davis: A fundraiser is scheduled for Tuesday, August 21. Details will come in due course.
THE RAMBLER AMERICAN: DETROIT -- Is Michigan about to flip for Mitt? Let's stipulate that by the word flip we are not talking about heedless somersaults of ecstasy. This is not that kind of place, and Mitt Romney is not that kind of candidate. Michigan is not particularly flighty. Up north they take their fishing so seriously they pursue it in forbidding wintry conditions. In Ann Arbor and East Lansing, the gridiron game is played with stern, nearly religious devotion. No one doubts that, despite its resurgence, there aren't many laughs in the auto industry these days, and the state of Detroit is no laughing matter. http://bit.ly/OtAYjl
Health care on agenda when Michigan lawmakers return this week: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and his fellow Republicans could find themselves knee-deep in health care issues Wednesday when lawmakers briefly return after a five-week break. Snyder needs to get reluctant House Republicans on board with his efforts to create an online site where individuals and small businesses can comparison shop for private health insurance. He'll also likely be comparing notes with GOP legislative leaders over whether it will be a good idea in 2014 to extend Medicaid to around 500,000 more low-income residents with the help of $2 billion annually in federal aid. http://bit.ly/NbjZrz
George Shultz: Memo to Romney — Expand the Pie: George Shultz has one of the most preposterously impressive résumés in recent American history. World War II Marine (1942-45); distinguished academic economist; business executive; secretary of labor (1969-70); director of the Office of Management and Budget (1970-72); secretary of the Treasury (1972-74); chairman of Ronald Reagan's economic transition team; and the secretary of state (1982-89) who wound down the Cold War. He's also been an active adviser to GOP leaders including George W. Bush in the years since. And, as I just learned, he's not a bad singer either. bit.ly/M1seC8
Sunday Shows: Obama Says Washington 'Feels as Broken as it Did Four Years Ago': On today’s Sunday shows: President Obama says Washington “feels as broken as it did four years ago” and addresses the need for a second term; the presidential campaigns clash hard over Mitt Romney’s business experience at Bain Capital, and when he retired from the company; pressure builds on Romney to release more tax returns; and Michelle Obama says where she’d like to vacation. bit.ly/M1tLZ0
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