Macomb GOP slammed by Deadline Detroit

Jeff Wattrick of Deadline Detroit has written a stinging indictment of the Macomb County Republican Party, based on the reaction to last night’s speech by Gov. Rick Snyder in Sterling Heights.

Addressing the annual Lincoln Dinner, Snyder received hearty applause when he said the state will not bail out bankrupt Detroit, but the crowd reaction was more subdued when he said that Michigan’s comeback will not succeed without a Motown resurgence.

Here’s a taste of Wattrick’s reaction:

“Imagine for a second if Snyder told this gathering of Macomb County-ites that Michigan could not succeed without a successful Oakland County or Ann Arbor or Grand Rapids. Do you imagine the applause would be ‘noticeably less enthusiastic?’

“No, it would not.

“Or imagine if Warren was in the midst of an emergency manager/bankruptcy process and Snyder, speaking to the Oakland County GOP's Lincoln Day dinner, said it was important to fix Warren because Michigan could not be successful if the state's third-largest city was a disaster. Do you think Oakland County would sit on their hands for that line?

“No, they would not.”

You can read The Macomb Daily news story about the Snyder speech here.