Kristina Karamo is a part-time community college professor who has never held elected office and who up until 18 months ago was relatively little known outside conservative and religious circles in the Detroit suburb in which she lives. Trump.įor its part, MLive claims "we own Michigan news" and says: "We strive to be both an observer and advocate for our local communities." Except when it chooses not to take a stand on a turning-point decision by voters.His guest of honor at the rally he is staging in Washington Township will be bear no resemblance to the local politicians whom former US presidents normally champion. The Detroit News, which punted four years ago by endorsing Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, hasn't taken a stand yet on Biden v. Joe Biden's election is the right medicine for this infection, the course correction we need to reassure an anxious world that the American dream of liberty and justice for all endures. We call on Free Press readers to support the election of a new president who can restore dignity and integrity to an office debased and diminished by its current occupant. An endorsement editorial says:ĭonald Trump’s election was a tragedy whose cost Americans have scarcely begun to reckon. . In Detroit, the Freep doesn't keep its opinion to itself. MLive, a division of Advance Publications, has journalists in Grand Rapids, Flint, Kalamazoo, Saginaw, Jackson, Bay City, Muskegon and Ann Arbor (online only). Another says neutrality is wrong "in a state where domestic terrorists are being inflamed by the Republican president."Ī third critic calls Hiner's post "absurd," adding: "You can objectively evaluate both candidates and make an informed decision. "Imagine thinking this was the right move," a reader tweets. MLive's silent sidestep is called out on its Twitter feed, which draws over 160 comments about the post.
John Hiner: "MLive will keep its opinion to itself." (Photo: Facebook) Modeling by the respected FiveThirtyEight site projects that Biden will carry Michigan by 57.7%-41.6%, a rolling forecast updated daily. 8-12 survey by EPIC-MRA for the Detroit Free Press shows Joe Biden ahead 48%-39%. And the margin between presidential candidates in Michigan is not thin in any September or October poll.Īn Oct. So MLive will keep its opinion to itself.Īctually, the needle has moved as Trump's support drops in Michigan since 2016. The election is going to be decided by voter turnout, not by changing minds. The margins thin, and the percentage of undecided voters microscopic. Poll after poll is showing that voters are entrenched in their support for their parties and candidates the needle has moved very little from 2016 to now, or from this spring until now, for that matter. If you skipped your family reunion because you didn't want to hear your cousin’s political views, then do either of you really want to hear what we think? John Hiner, content vice-president, tries to explain defend the abdication:
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