Note to anyone interested in running for governor in 2018: Attorney General Bill Schuette said today he'd like to talk to you before you make any plans to announce. Schuette also talks with MIRS Publisher John Reurink and Editor Kyle Melinn about the Flint water investigation, the failed presidential recount in Michigan and if he regrets trying to prosecute former Reps. Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat.

Also, John Yob of Strategic National suggests former Michigan Republican Party Chair Ron Weiser as a state party chair if current Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel is President-Elect Donald Trump's pick for Republican National Committee Chair to replace Reince Priebus, who is Trump's incoming chief of staff. Yob also urges Michigan Republicans to unite behind Trump and "let the past be the past and stop fighting yesterday's battles."