We backed our brother strikers. We donated money for their support. But it's time to get on with the business at hand. Exposure of all Democratic candidates is vital in 1998. We can't just concede all the coverage to the Republicans over this foolish restriction.
Democrats are underdogs in several state, national and local races.
Their hold on the Michigan House of Representatives is tenuous at best, with term limits cleaning out dozens of veteran lawmakers. State House Speaker Rep. Curtis Hertel, D-Detroit, never stopped talking to the Detroit papers on the record. Neither did dozens of other Democrats including veteran U.S. Rep. John Dingell of Trenton. Neither Warren Mayor Mark Steenbergh nor John Hertel, chairman of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners, both high-profile Democrats, have shut out the Detroit dailies. Wayne County Executive Ed McNamara and Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, southeast Michigan's two most powerful Democrats, talk freely with Detroit reporters.