Can I claim to have predicted, way back in 1988, the result of Michigan's fiercely contested Democratic primary for U.S. senator this week? In 1988 some 212,000 — from a state that cast 3.8 million votes in the 1984 general election — came in and voted." For a long generation, going back to the New Deal, many liberals had been yearning for an alliance between white and black blue-collar workers who, in their view, shared economic interests. In addition, Jackson won big in Washtenaw and Ingham Counties, home to the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, respectively. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is Jewish, has announced she would not attend the Democratic State Convention, for fear she'd be booed off the stage.