"Eeeengler ...You Got [The State} on [Its'] Knees..."

This week, Republican candidate for Dick Devos, (heir to an Amway fortune and married to the GOP's State Chair), continued his pre-campaign campaign by harping on the elements of his economic plan for Michigan : tax cuts and an end to burdensome regulation. No points here for original thinking. We did this in the Engler years and were left with a massive deficit, crumbling infrastructure and a host of educational shortfalls. I am wondering if even some party loyalists are starting to feel the same way about supply side bromides as the Baby Boomers feel about "Layla." When they hear it, the song delivers a nice warm feeling for a while but then they think the damn thing is just overplayed.