Increasingly, it looks as if President Joe Biden has neither the energy nor the

acuity to make it to the finish line. And that could be a bad thing for

Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, ambition being what it is. If

stumbling Joe belly flops, then big Gretchen will most certainly dive into the

Democratic primary. That will bring withering scrutiny from an equally ambitious

national press corps. No longer will Whitmer's national

news clippings be limited to the doodlings of handpicked sycophants

with liberal arts degrees living in cramped manhand apartments.

Just ask Vivek Ramaswami by far the most entertaining contestant

in last week's Trumpless GOP reality show. And if you're the most entertaining

you win the internet. With Ramaswami's win however comes the media

stink guy. Notice how the East Coast press has zeroed in on his

business dealings, his calls for a national revolution, the defunding of

Israel, his fantasies of bromancing, Vladimir Putin away from China.

It'll be harder for Whitmer because there's an actual record to rummage through.

And it's not very good. Some pugnacious reporters eager to make a name for

themselves are going to excavate those unflattering facts. To Whitmer has

her very own poisoning scandal reminiscent of the Flint debacle.

It happened in Beton Harbor, another poor majority black town that's home to

10,000 people on the shores of Lake Michigan. The state Whitmer

nuisance 2019 that the water there was poisoned from the lead pipes

coming in at four times higher, four times higher than acceptable levels.

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