Talk:Michigan gubernatorial election, 2006
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[edit] Notable endorsements
I started a "Notable endorsements" section with Kwame Kilpatrick's endorsement of Granholm. As more notable endorsements are announced, it can be added. The section can be split between Granholm endorsements and DeVos endorsements. Steelbeard1 14:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
What is notable about Kwame supporting Granholm??? He's a prominent Dem Mayor of Detroit, I don't see it's any more noteworthy than pointing out that GOP officials in Oakland county support Devos?
- Kilpatrick, while he is a Democrat, is a non-partisan mayor. Daily newspaper endorsements would be added as the endorsements are announced. Partisan politicians who endorse their party's candidates are a given and not worthy of this article. Partisan politicians who endorse the other party's candidates (i.e. Republicans for Granholm) are noteworthy and could be inserted. Steelbeard1 15:23, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- Googling "Republicans for Granholm", there is a real URL with that name republicansforgranholm.com There is a dormant democratsfordevos.com URL parked by GoDaddy. Steelbeard1 19:31, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Whoever you are 71.227.4.22 I like what you did. Detroit will make a difference in this race. That kills the notable endorsements section for now, but that can be revived I believe as "Newspaper endorsements" whenever the daily newspapers give their endorsements. Steelbeard1 23:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Polling
For the sake of consistency, the poll data should stick with the date that the poll was released. The links usually give when the polls were conducted. Steelbeard1 17:19, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Request for limited access from 2, October
Today will be my state's 1st of three debates on 'the issues' and I humbly request that access to this page be limited to those of us with accounts so we can update this article with factual info siphoned from the debates. After the fact, the article is likely to get even more traffic, and purhaps the best thing for the article is to remain limited until November. Steelbeard1 12:42, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "No clear winner" in first debate
I don't think the cited article actually bears this statement out, but regardless, it's subjectively editorial. We shouldn't be declaring winners either way in the debate unless there is a compelling concordance of opinion that is factually-based and newsworthy. And probably not even then. lesmana 12:34, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- From cited article: "Neither side delivered a knockout punch. I guess I'd give the governor a 'B' for the debate and Mr. DeVos at 'C,' " said Detroit News pollster Ed Sarpolus. "Both sides will be happy. Republicans will be happy he got through the debate without any major gaffes. The governor had better command of the facts and issues."
- But that's what I'm talking about. Ed Sarpolus isn't a concordance of documented opinion. Even if he's a non-partisan commentator, he's still editorializing. He's not a notable individual and his perspective on the debate shouldn't represent the objective outcome. lesmana 13:07, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
I just thought I'd add to this. I captured about half the debate transcript of the first debate. you can find it here I don't know whether this would be valuable to the article or not, but I wanted to keep it :-) If anyone else has other parts the to the transcript, I'd be happy to add them to the page. Phydiux 21:23, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Second debate comments
"... but not enough to counter Granholm's debating skills." I didn't see any statement to that effect in the article cited; regardless, it's also subjective opinion. It's not a concensus of experts or a public poll. lesmana 02:49, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Should we be counting the editorial staff of the State News to determine encyclopedic content? I don't think it's notable that a group of college students thought that Granholm won the debate. And I say this as a MSU alum and a fan of the State News. lesmana 02:18, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Exit polls showing Granholm winning
Here's a link. http://woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5641990Superway25 02:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] DeVos for Governor campaign web site now dead link
The DeVos for Governor web site at [1] is now a dead link. I mentioned it as such in the external link but thought I'd ask here first if the dead link should be deleted. Steelbeard1 15:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
