From the Lansing State Journal Blog:

State Sen. Tom George got some well-deserved national publicity last week on the andrewsullivan.com Web site. It’s nice to see a Michigan lawmaker display a little gumption.

George, a Kalamazoo doctor who’s running for the Republican nomination for governor next year, earned praise from “The Daily Dish” for his comments on the Gitmo/Standish issue, including, “The Standish prison is a maximum-security facility with an excellent safety record. There are legal precedents for housing federal inmates within Michigan, and it may be possible to negotiate a favorable intergovernmental agreement.”

George looks like he is trying to position himself as the thinking man’s candidate next year, as opposed to the fear-mongers like Congressman Pete Hoekstra. Or maybe George is just reasonable by nature and is offering a reasonable position on an issue clouded by demagoguery.