almost as difficult as trying to recall a Republican in Texas...

I didn't like the writing on the wall back then. I was there briefly for my mother's funeral back in 2007. It was pretty bad as far as how depressed the area was. Could be I was just in a very conservative area almost everyone I know was a redneck some much worse than others. There are very few decent jobs and many young people grow up thinking that military service is about the only way out. That is Hillsdale in a nutshell.

I just think there should be more than that for employment options. In Hillsdale you can be a cashier, work fast food, work in a factory if you can find one hiring and get about half what they were paying 30 years ago in todays dollars vs then or you can join the military.

you should have seen the cowardly Michigan Democratic Party run FAR away from the Snyder recall from the onset of the movement.

The EFM law itself seems like enough to challenge Snyder on however that might require some alarming, hard hitting ads about the removal of democracy and selling of the state to corporate bidders but Dems never seem to fight as hard as they should against Republicans who don't mind dragging people down into the mud with them.

smart move.

They stayed out well before the WI recall. and the WI recall was plagued by a lack of funding and participation from national Democrats. WI was much closer than the media would ever admit and just backing down like cowards all the time (the DLC/New Democrat strategy for EVERYTHING) is why so many voters end up voting Republican. They don't back down which is incredible because they're wrong nearly 100% of the time. But it signals to undecided voters that there is one party that fights and stands for something and they tend to consider strength a top reason to vote for a candidate. They don't want wishy-washy spineless cowards.

We can stay in their grill and keep fighting like they did basically from 1994 on and create our own fighting presence that shows we STAND FOR SOMETHING (think "Fighting" Bob LaFollette isn't beloved because he lived up to his moniker?) or we can be cowards and run. Considering Washington Dems had their spines removed long ago (oh hey they're negotiating behind Obama's back to extend the Bush Tax Cuts again, yay!) or Michigan Dems refused to stand with the people trying to organize the recall against Rick Snyder and his attempts to eliminate democracy, I'd say we're going to end up losing a lot more battles just for lack of will and the absolute cowardice of party officials.

Past experience of course.

The billionaires have done their "shock and awe" on just how much cash they're happy to burn to keep their muppets in office two more years, so it's understandable that ordinary folks are demoralized...