I'm disappointed with some of his moves, but I still think I'll vote for him (against my better judgement). I rarely vote Republican, but Snyder has done more for Detroit than any governor in my lifetime. Detroit is on a strong rebound, and while the reasons for its decline and rise are complicated and go much deeper than any one politician, I think his head and heart are in the right place and that he has helped to clear a lot of the historic roadblocks to progress. A Democrat would never have taken some of the measures he has, because they don't want to alienate their core inner city constituency. Snyder has never worried about it, because he never had a prayer of doing well there. Thus, not having to worry about vote grabbing has enabled him to make tough choices, such as sidelining the mayor and city council in favor of a managed bankruptcy. It was a bold move whose consequences were unpredictable, but that looks really solid at the moment. This one thing, to me, trumps all the negative stuff. I didn't vote for either guy in the last race, because I wasn't convinced by them. I don't have anything against Schauer, but Snyder earned my vote. Not such an easy thing to do.

All this said, taking a "stand" against Tesla is moronic and must be some kind of power play before the election. I don't understand it, and I think it's bad PR, bad policy, and bad economics. GM and Ford can stand on their own two feet, and if they can't the fuck 'em (and I say this as a guy whose lifestyle is propped up in a major way by the Big Three). Snyder has been in a weird place often in his tenure. He doesn't really get a long with either party, so he often does stuff against his own good judgement just to get allies for his own ends (right-to-work was one of these things). I'm sure he shuddered at signing this, but maybe he thinks it's a way to get road funding legislation passed, something desperately needed that the GOP keeps blocking at every turn.