As primary season begins to heat up here in Michigan, I have noticed some interesting trends that very much contradict all the "blue wave" talk of the media insiders.  Instead of being an albatross around the neck of Republicans, Trump appears to be rather popular out here in flyover country.  GOP candidates up and down the ballot openly embrace the president in TV ads at a point in the campaign when the pundits predicted that the GOP rank and file would all be racing to podiums to denounce the man at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.  Amazingly (or terrifyingly, depending on perspective), Trump is so popular that even some Democrats are beginning to hop on the bandwagon: Perhaps the most important aspect of this is the fact that this election is taking place in Macomb County, Michigan.  Macomb County contains many of the northern suburbs of Detroit and has trended purplish-blue in recent history.  Before Trump's win in 2016,...(Read Full Post)