Whitmer's political career is just fine. She did what she had to for her state -- and that sometimes contacting and hanging out with the orange clown. She helped secure funding and jobs for her state.
It's reactive leftists like you that are the problem.
I am a leftist and I think she did fine. She got thousands of jobs with that project and Michigan's economy has generally performed well under her. However, she did not need to be so beholden to UAW and praise tariffs during the first meeting with Trump and then cover her face that too while Trump was signing orders to persecute his opponents. Buttigieg and Beshear for example have taken a balanced line on tariffs saying blanket tariffs don't work while some strategic tariffs like Biden's do. The tariff drama will haunt her.
Trump is pliable with flattery and such. I think the overreaction to Big Gretch working for the good of her state (not necessarily the MI Democratic Party) is not good for party unity.
No her political career is not fine if she has any ambitions, the little trip to the White House was one thing but warmly greeting Trump, laughing, smiling attending his rally? Get a grip girl!
Are people who expect something different to match the urgency of the times really the problem, or is it the people who are continuing on as if this were a normal presidency? Sounds like you, Whitmer, and Chuck Schumer are all on the same page.
How was my tone hostile? I believe people should demand Democrats do more to defy FDJT and Project 2025, but let's face it: things aren't black and white when you're a governor of a swing state.
You guys need to look at the bigger picture. Most people aren't going to be worried about Schumer voting for the CR during the summer when the dual whammy of Trumpflation and Trumpcession kick in. Let Republicans OWN their self-inflicted recession & get voted out for it.
Whitmer thumbing her nose at FDJT would be toxic for MI Democrats next year, especially if FDJT retaliated with more funding cuts to Michigan. It is important that Jocelyn Benson get elected to the governor's office and Dems regain a trifecta in MI next year. Whitmer not securing her state's economic security would give more ammo for MI Republicans.
I see her strategy and the logic for it: in order to get by in a Trump presidency, appeal to his ego, and you can get on his good side.
My own response to that is that even on its own terms, this can fail easily because of how capricious the man is. Sure he'll do something for Michican right now, but will this good will last for 4 years?
The bigger point is this, though: the party base right now really does not favor capitulating to Trump at all.
This is a misplaced critique. For the next year and 8 months, Republicans have a trifecta of the federal government. Talking shit about Trump may please the online base but as a Governor you have a primary responsibility to do what's best for the people of your state, and egging Trump on isn't part of that. Now of course there's a line to be drawn in terms of level of praise/cooperation with bad policy, but I haven't seen Whitmer cross that yet.
The expectation is the base can hold grudges against candidates long enough to 2028. But if she paints a strong picture of what a race would like with her against whoever the GOP nominee is, then she still has a chance. Until I see proof that the base gets serious about mobilizing and unseating incumbents in primaries, I think any declaration of her political obituary is premature. Democratic voters are pissed with their party but they sure as hell ain't sitting out elections.
Gretchen Whitmer decided to end her political career yesterday, but it was probably already dead anyway.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/1/2319781/-Michigan-governor-cozies-up-to-Trump-and-kills-her-credibility?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web
Whitmer's political career is just fine. She did what she had to for her state -- and that sometimes contacting and hanging out with the orange clown. She helped secure funding and jobs for her state.
It's reactive leftists like you that are the problem.
I am a leftist and I think she did fine. She got thousands of jobs with that project and Michigan's economy has generally performed well under her. However, she did not need to be so beholden to UAW and praise tariffs during the first meeting with Trump and then cover her face that too while Trump was signing orders to persecute his opponents. Buttigieg and Beshear for example have taken a balanced line on tariffs saying blanket tariffs don't work while some strategic tariffs like Biden's do. The tariff drama will haunt her.
Trump is pliable with flattery and such. I think the overreaction to Big Gretch working for the good of her state (not necessarily the MI Democratic Party) is not good for party unity.
Sorry but I don't think she can recover from the image of hiding behind those folders....at least not running in a 20-candidate national field.
No her political career is not fine if she has any ambitions, the little trip to the White House was one thing but warmly greeting Trump, laughing, smiling attending his rally? Get a grip girl!
She is not the Governor of Colorado or Illinois. Michigan is a swing state and until recently, was in economics malaise.
That's fine if she wants to kiss Trumps ass, but the question was about her political career, it won't help
Don’t forget that Whitmer was target of the attempted assassination by rapid Trump supporters.
Your hostile tone is completely unnecessary.
Are people who expect something different to match the urgency of the times really the problem, or is it the people who are continuing on as if this were a normal presidency? Sounds like you, Whitmer, and Chuck Schumer are all on the same page.
How was my tone hostile? I believe people should demand Democrats do more to defy FDJT and Project 2025, but let's face it: things aren't black and white when you're a governor of a swing state.
You guys need to look at the bigger picture. Most people aren't going to be worried about Schumer voting for the CR during the summer when the dual whammy of Trumpflation and Trumpcession kick in. Let Republicans OWN their self-inflicted recession & get voted out for it.
Whitmer thumbing her nose at FDJT would be toxic for MI Democrats next year, especially if FDJT retaliated with more funding cuts to Michigan. It is important that Jocelyn Benson get elected to the governor's office and Dems regain a trifecta in MI next year. Whitmer not securing her state's economic security would give more ammo for MI Republicans.
I see her strategy and the logic for it: in order to get by in a Trump presidency, appeal to his ego, and you can get on his good side.
My own response to that is that even on its own terms, this can fail easily because of how capricious the man is. Sure he'll do something for Michican right now, but will this good will last for 4 years?
The bigger point is this, though: the party base right now really does not favor capitulating to Trump at all.
Emphasis on "right now". If she could run for a third term, I don't think she would be greeting him or visited the White House.
Governors shouldn't be exclusively concerned about the party base.
This is a misplaced critique. For the next year and 8 months, Republicans have a trifecta of the federal government. Talking shit about Trump may please the online base but as a Governor you have a primary responsibility to do what's best for the people of your state, and egging Trump on isn't part of that. Now of course there's a line to be drawn in terms of level of praise/cooperation with bad policy, but I haven't seen Whitmer cross that yet.
The expectation is the base can hold grudges against candidates long enough to 2028. But if she paints a strong picture of what a race would like with her against whoever the GOP nominee is, then she still has a chance. Until I see proof that the base gets serious about mobilizing and unseating incumbents in primaries, I think any declaration of her political obituary is premature. Democratic voters are pissed with their party but they sure as hell ain't sitting out elections.