After the dust settles from the next Tuesday’s elections, pay close attention to Michigan. The “Great Lakes State” is about to undergo an extreme makeover from a burned-out “Blue State” to a reborn “Red State.”

Democrats have been the dominant political party since 2002, when then-Attorney General Jennifer Granholm was elected governor, succeeding three-term Republican governor John Engler. Pundits and party activists began whispering about the possibility of amending the Constitution so she, a Canadian, could run for president. There was even an “Amend for Jen” movement!