So Geoffrey Fieger will appear on Flashpoint Sunday morning and I honestly don’t know what he’ll say. I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if he shows up and says he’s not going to run for Governor. After all, he took his licks against John Engler in 1998, and while he would have a good chance at winning the primary, he knows that while Election Day is a long way off, right now it appears a lot of Democrats will be roasted on a spit at the ballot box in November. He’s also late enough getting to the table that it would cost quite a bit just to hustle together the required signatures. And with the attention that came with the premiere of the HBO film “You Don’t Know Jack,” Fieger has probably received the nice little bump for his very lucrative law practice that such exposure can generate. So take the little walk in the sunshine and save the money and stress — no real reason to run, right?
Except…
The latest poll had him on top of the other Democratic candidates. That may be a pull on Fieger. But my hunch is that it’s a Republican who weighs on Fieger’s mind as much as any of the Democrats. To say that Geoffrey Fieger and Mike Cox don’t like one another is like saying Michigan and Ohio State have a quaint difference of opinion. And I’m not sure Fieger could sleep at night if Mike Cox was in the Governor’s residence in Lansing. I don’t really know if it would turn out to be Fieger versus Cox in the general election, but the political junkie in me giggles at the thought of that throwdown. It would be, ahem, entertaining.
But let’s not get ahead ourselves. Let’s see what happens Sunday.
-Devin
