Skubick: Mark Bernstein has the name and the money to run for Governor
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By Tim Skubick, Fox 2 News -
To run for a statewide office
there are two necessities: Money and name ID.
Mark Bernstein has both.
Yeah. That
Bernstein. Unless you reside in Ohio, you can't avoid the law
firm's name cause it is everywhere from Red Wing hockey to the
evening news.
To be sure father Sam may be more famous,
but he's not even remotely interested in running for governor. The
question is: Is Mark?
You could make a strong case beyond the
two prerequisites listed above. First the Democratic field is
currently devoid of a favorite.
The family certainly has the public
service bug. Brother Richard tried to wrestle the party nomination
for attorney general but the UAW had other ideas.
Mark Bernstein was just elected to the
University of Michigan Board of Regents. Maybe you remember the
Bernstein bus that trolled the state looking for votes.
The Bernstein camp boasts that Mark got
200,000 more votes for that post than Mr. Snyder got when he ran.
Never mind that the top of the ticket usually determines the winner in
these university races as the voters don't know squat about the candidates per
se.
All of this is adding up to a bid for
governor?
Mr. Bernstein wants nothing to do with
this story and would not be quoted for any of it, but poking around you can
guess at reasons why he will not jump in.
He has a young family at home.
He was
just elected to that U of M seat and probably wants to prove his worth before
stepping onto a larger field.
Besides if he ran for governor now, some
Republicans would accuse him of telling the voters he wanted the U of M job but
was only using it and them as a stepping stone to higher office.
The veracity of the charge is irrelevant.
There's no rush. He's
41. The TV commercials will continue to give him the name ID he
needs and he's not ready to abandon the law firm which will provide the money
he needs, should he decide to run down the road.
For now the chances of seeing a Bernstein
for Governor bumper sticker are very remote. Very.
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