Phil, as an Italian, hates the Dutch.
Phil, as a sane citizen of the world,....
should like or be neutral on Dutch.
This is coming from a resident of region with close ties to my most disliked group of people. 
Many of us in Quebec hate your most hated group of people. They give us to the Great Britain for stop a war than France was losing. There is some hatred of French because of that. The french-speaking catholic people didn't want to be with english-speaking protestants.
I don't know many things of Michigan. Probably the winner will be the one who sells the best his way of improving economy of Michigan. Michigan's economy is in bad shape.
