Just watched WOODTV's (Channel 8 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) Sunday morning political discussion show (Point to Point). They were discussing the 2006 election. The key race here in Michigan will be the race between our first term Democratic Governor, Jennifer Granholm, and the wealthiest family in the state, (Dick DeVos, Jr heir to the Amway {today called Alticor to hide its relationship to the questionable pyramid marketing system} fortune. Tim Stubic, one of the most astute observers of Michigan politics, predicted that although the Governor has a resonably sized campaign fund, the DeVos camp can be expected to spend in excess of $100 million on their campaign. Progressives will have to dig deep to help our governor and Sen. Debby Stabinaw (who the wealthy backers of the Republican Party also determined to defeat) win re-election.