I think most fair minded people recognize that there's a sea change that took place in manufacturing over the past two decades that really really hurt Michigan and no matter who was governor was going to have big problems dealing with that.

That said, I'm not so sure that she's well liked politically as much as it is that the Republican opposition just couldn't make a case. I think people do like her personally.

She is a deceptively mild person and is probably stronger than people give her credit for. She did after all come out of the same Wayne County political machine that had Ed McNamara as godfather. The deceased McNamara was also something of a mentor to former Mayor Kilpatrick.

But we have term limits. She can't run again, so likely people that don't like her don't really care at this point.