Camp could bounce land from Senate race

Republican activist Dennis Lennox suggests that former secretary of state Terri Lynn Land’s run for Senate could be even more brief than her abbreviated campaign for governor in 2010 -- if Congressman Dave Camp jumps into the race.

In his column for our sister paper, the Mount Pleasant Morning Sun, Lennox wrote that Camp, the Midland Republican who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, could send ripples throughout Michigan politics if he decides to pursue the seat being vacated by Sen. Carl Levin.

Here’s a portion of his piece:

“This is a big blow to presumptive Democratic nominee Gary Peters, the Oakland County congressman, who, without an aggressive Republican challenger, has been allowed to define the early narrative of next year’s senatorial race.“Republican National Committee member Terri Lynn Land, twice elected statewide as secretary of state, will face increasing pressure from GOP grandees to give way for Camp, despite having done well in a head-to-head poll against Peters. She can ignore this until early fall, when she’ll need to post big fundraising numbers.
“Camp could make a decision as early as Sept. 20, when a Who’s Who of the party gathers for the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference.”