-Salon.com, September 19, 2011 by Andrew Leonard
http://politics.salon.com/2011/09/20/jennifer_granholm/singleton/
“We operate as though we are not in a global economy,” says Granholm. “In theory, free markets and laissez faire make perfect sense, but in practice, our competitors are eating us for lunch.”
-The Michigan View, September 20, 2011 by L. Brooks Patterson
http://bit.ly/pXaQcM
“I would do everything I could to influence how the forthcoming stimulus package would be structured so as to support a ‘rush to green’ strategy for Michigan,” she writes. “Chrysler is a great company making great cars with a green future.”
-POLITICO Pro, September 26, 2011 by Patrick Gavin
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/64438.html
I would create and incentivize a national “Jobs Race to the Top” competition among states.
-KQED-FM, September 30, 2011 Host Dave Iverson
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201109300900
“Advanced manufacturing? You better believe [the United States] can compete on that. But we have to partner with business so that they can be competitive in a global economy when they locate in the United States.”