First, I'll address the most obvious point of agreement between us.  I don't much care for Rick Snyder either.  In fact, as I'm actively canvassing Wyoming and Kentwood (the two suburbs that will likely decide the entire 3rd Congressional District primary), the only people who seem to like the Nerd King are the known Democrats and the democrat-leaning Independents.  No responsible Republican (and certainly no tea partier) wants Snyder at the top of the GOP ticket.

But in seeing to it that Snyder doesn't win the primary, we disagree as to who should.

Earlier this week, you commented:

"Both have made mistakes, and both have done what they can to make up for them.  We are human, that is a part of being human."

. . . which, if I'm interpreting it correctly, is to the effect that there isn't a single perfect politician at this level, and that a questionable vote here or there shouldn't define a career.

But, IMO, raking Pete over the coals with the TARP vote is about as silly as some of the John Birch Society folks cherry-picking five or six questionable votes and using them as the rationale for calling Hoekstra's entire congressional career into question.  (Yes, I actually do get those fliers, though not at home.)

Now, I happen to think that the service tax component of the MIFairTax is only a weakness, and not that much of one.  The fact of the matter is that it's actually fairly easily enforceable in the legitimate service sector.  I grant that it isn't enforceable in the "underground economy;" but then again, no tax system is enforceable in the underground economy.  (But that discussion ought to be saved for another post that I'll be putting up after the primary's over and done with.)