Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan presents himself as a bipartisan, pragmatic accountant. His self-proclaimed nickname is One Tough Nerd. He has no trouble upsetting Democrats and Republicans on the same day.
He talks about Michigan residents as his customers and tries to run the embattled state like a turnaround business. But Snyder is much more of a political animal than his rhetoric, or lack of it, would suggest.
He does not go as far as his Wisconsin neighbor Scott Walker has done, in policies concerning public sector workers, unions, gun control, gay marriage, welfare or abortion. He prefers to talk like a company manager and occasionall…
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