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...then dumped her when she was no longer useful to him? Or is he a courageous leader who faced up to the difficult task of telling an aging colleague that she was no longer capable of handling a high state office? Those clashing views of Democratic Governor James Blanchard have bedeviled Michigan voters ever since he dropped Lieutenant Governor Martha Griffiths, 78, as his re-election running mate...
Griffiths, a former 10-term Congresswoman who is widely revered by state Democrats, is not shy about expressing her opinion. "I elected him," she says of Blanchard, who talked her into joining him on the ticket in his tight 1982 race. When rumors arose last spring that Blanchard might choose a new running mate in seeking a third four-year term this year, she snapped, "He should be taken immediately to a psychiatrist." And as Blanchard spread his hopeful view that Griffiths might quietly withdraw, she called a press conference to proclaim that she was "available" to run again. Finally...
...Blanchard faced complaints of age and sex discrimination in his treatment of Griffiths, his major Republican opponent, state senate majority leader John Engler, seized the opening to announce that his running mate will be Connie Binsfeld, 66, a bland state senator and antiabortion activist. Blanchard countered by selecting Olivia Maynard, 54, who has been popular with senior citizens as director of the state office of services to the aging, to replace Griffiths. Ever loyal to her party, Griffiths said she will support / Blanchard's re-election. And, presumably, she will continue to inquire about his health...
...President's call for restraint came amid a fast-rising tide of public wrath toward the oil industry. Michigan Governor James Blanchard accused oil companies of war profiteering, a politically loaded charge rarely leveled since World War II. On Capitol Hill last week, congressional committees hastily convened hearings to investigate allegations of price gouging and even price fixing. According to a House estimate, the oil industry raked in a $1 billion windfall in the first week after the Iraqi invasion...
CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL. It may be a long, hot summer for Governor Jim Blanchard of Michigan. Although the Democrat is locked in a tight race against Republican John Engler, the greatest damage to his campaign is expected to come from his ex-wife. Paula Blanchard has penned 'Til Politics Do Us Part, an account of the breakup of their 21-year marriage that the publisher says will < be "painfully honest." The book, which will be excerpted in the state's largest newspaper, deals with Jim Blanchard's rumored affair with former staff member Janet Fox, whom he married last year. Opponent...