Michigan Is Top State for Political Ad Spending: Money Doesn't Buy Character!!

“Worthless people live only to eat

and drink; people of worth eat

and drink only to live.”

                        – Socrates 

(If you think Halloween is scary just
watch politics! The only crystal ball
you insight you get into others is
their character.)

Michigan is an important state not only geographically but politically and economically. It is part of the economic redevelopment of the U.S. in advanced manufacturing, pushing the green energy change, and climate change with protection, education and economic development of the Great Lakes. It is also a place where politics will be very important because it may influence the direction of national politics (Let us just watch what happens with some of our politicians and potential future candidates on a national level.)

At present Democrats are outspending Republicans in Michigan legislative races: $22.6 million vs. $6.6. (There are a few reasons why that is happening and I suspect they have something to do with marketing/messaging methods, candidates, and focus on important topics. Sometimes we discuss things that are party important but are not AS important as other issues to the general public. That is something to keep in mind if you ever go into politics and want to understand alignment of messaging around shared needs. Its not party specific but more of a general brand issue.)

(Sorry I have to put a plug in about energy. I'm for green development and creation of a more robust energy grid that is safer and can use multiple forms of energy; whether green or not. With the events as they relate to cut oil production we should be able to fill declines in supply with other sources. Even better if its only temporary. Thus, oil, green, nuclear, dispersed solar, etc. can all be helpful when they are needed but we should move relatively quickly to green as much as possible. Likewise, redundancy within the energy system is also helpful with local and regional sources of energy.)

You will want to read this article....Michigan is top in the nation for ad spending in state legislature races

(If your from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan you can see your district on Final District and Map.  I think we are in Senate District 38 and I didn't see increased advertising in the report.) 

Here is some advice I can give on political parties and voting. I'm a light right Republican and have seen lots of great ideas (and bad ones) come from both sides. I lean Republican because of my essential conservative values and that doesn't often resonate with the subjectivity of the far far Right or far far Left. So my advice is to pick the candidate you believe will do the best job regardless of party. It is the person you believe deep down will choose the will of the people and the betterment of their state/nation over their own career or political flattery (You don't know a person until they are faced with only bad choices and they will have to lose to do the right thing. Integrity is something we should expect from those in leadership positions.) You will know by watching them, staying focused on their core message, and the natural/real language they provide. Mostly you will know them by their ability to be wrong and be ok with that because that is an integrity issue and also leads to better long-term decision making. Over confident, self involved, and hyper social create problems for everyone else around them and they shouldn't have influence over our institutions and resources  (Its a general statement about responsibility and duty) We are designed to understand these things from the context of the information, the root assumptions of candidates logic, para/body language, and the general context of their beliefs. Think about selecting people who will support our national objectives even if they are not popular with others. You can dump money into ads but you can't build character (The same thing can be said about leadership skills.)