Ballenger is back this weekend with the first round of publicly released opinion polling on the field of prospective candidates for Governor in 2010 (h/t to the BlogProf).  Darn it all if Republicans Mike Cox, Terri Lynn Land, and L. Brooks Patterson (a man who hasn't even announced his intentions to run and has about six percent name recognition outside the Metro Detroit area) don't rack up convincing wins against likely Democratic nominee John Cherry.  Seven, five and four points respectively.

Maybe running on Jennifer Granholm's record isn't such a good idea after all?

Only time will tell, and there's still a loooot of that.  Remember, there was a time early in the 2006 cycle when Dick DeVos held a double-digit polling lead on Jennifer Granholm and we all know how that turned out.

But, as I became accustomed to saying about otherwise worthless numbers during that particular run, they might not mean anything but they're better than a kick in the head.

So with visions of conservative victories dancing in our heads, figured we'd have a little multi-media Sunday.  Below you'll find the State Republican convention speeches delivered by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General only about a month ago.

Check `em out... in order of who currently beats Cherry by more... (lest anyone ever accuse me of playing favorites).