The Federal Election Commission is investigating a compliant filed against Rick Santorum’s Shelby Township rally, alleging election laws were broken and in-kind campaign contributions were made.
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Today is primary day in Michigan, when voters mark their ballots with their choice for who should run for president of the United States in November. Republican hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum headed into Tuesday's primary race neck and neck, trailed by several other candidates on the GOP ticket. President Barack Obama is the sole candidate on the Democrats' ballot. The Dems will caucus for their candidate May 5. There are some local issues on the ballots, too, such as a school bond proposal in Ferndale and a millage request in Clawson. We want to know how you voted and why and what's going on at the polls, campaign headquarters and at results-watching parties. Give us your thoughts, talk amongst yourselves, share some photos in …
Obama spots add to TV blitz; Troy primary night party set; candidate's Brighton tale stars 'frugal dad.'
Patch presents a Michigan presidential campaign roundup. Mitt Romney earns a point for openness, but risks losing it for over-sharing. "I like the fact that most of the cars I see (locally) are Detroit-made automobiles," he told Detroit Economic Club members on Friday. "I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pickup truck. Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually." He was referring to his wife's 2007 and 2010 SRX models at their Massachusetts and California homes, aides explained. (Speech excerpt video embedded at right.) The off-script remark created a bull's-eye too inviting to ignore. "That's rich, literally," ex-Detroiter Charles Blow writes in his New York Times column. That was one poke among plenty, a headline sampling shows: Slate blogger …
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7:12 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012
This is an example of more leftist media propaganda which zeros in on the GOP candidate and gives all Democrats, including Obama, a blanket free pass from any criticism during the election season. Anyone who thinks rich Democrats in Washington do not drive two luxury cars have buried their heads in the sand. Besides,, who really cares unless you are trying to trash Romney and the GOP? It is … more ›
A large enthusiastic group cheers the GOP presidential candidates and conservative ideals Saturday at Troy's San Marino Club.
More than 1,000 people crowded into the San Marino Club in Troy on Saturday to attend the Michigan Prosperity Forum, a rally hosted by Americans for Prosperity – Michigan just three days before the presidential primary. The conservative organization – which has roughly 67,000 members in Michigan, according to Americans for Prosperity president Tim Phillips – brought in several notable speakers, including conservative journalist Michelle Malkin, commentator and online publisher Andrew Breitbart, WJR radio show host Frank Beckmann and former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain in addition to presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. Saline resident Cindy Vlisides attended the event with her husband "to support my conservative …
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6:49 pm on Saturday, March 3, 2012
Here's a moment of hilarity. http://motherjones.com/media/2012/03/mark-fiore-cartoon-2012-election-gop-primary-race more ›
The Saturday rally at the San Marino Club is sponsored by Americans for Prosperity – Michigan.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 9:30 p.m. Thursday to include Rick Santorum's announcement that he will also be attending the rally in Troy on Saturday. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, who campaigned in Troy in November, and Rick Santorum will address a crowd of more than 1,000 during the Michigan Prosperity Forum on Saturday at the San Marino Club in Troy. The event runs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Romney and Santorum will join speakers Herman Cain, Michelle Malkin, Andrew Breitbart and Frank Beckmann, among others. “Because this event takes place just three days before Michigan’s primary election, this is a perfect time to ensure our issues have a prominent place within the national dialogue in this year’s elections,” said …
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9:28 am on Saturday, February 25, 2012
yes, lower middle class tax rates and raise millionaires taxes. Let's not forget: The middle class is relatively new. Prior to the 20th Century, you were either upper class (rich) or lower class (poor). Union jobs and higher wages for lower class people helped create the middle class. People didn't always live in suburbs. more ›
Romney gets lackluster endorsement from Free Press while Detroit News calls foul on editing of editorial by Romney staff; Paul reaches out with commercials and college campus visits.
Patch presents Michigan presidential campaign roundups before the Republican primary Tuesday. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has won the endorsement of the Detroit Free Press, but it's a reluctant one. The headline: "Mitt Romney is best – but we urge him to recapture collaborative spirit." After citing all the things about Romney it doesn't like, the Free Press says: "Romney, unlike the zealous Rick Santorum, the impulsive Newt Gingrich and the backward-thinking Ron Paul, is preferable to the rest of the field." A trio of statewide surveys gives cliché-cherishing writers a chance to reuse "razor-thin," "down to the wire" or "dead heat." We'll go with tight: "Michigan is neck-and-neck," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist …
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6:34 pm on Sunday, February 26, 2012
Lianne, Yes I believe the companies are responsible to do the right thing to protect the environment. They have a responsibility to do the right thing and the regulators have a responsibility to tell them the right things to do. The best scenario is when they both work together to write the regulation and then keep an eye on each other to comply. In my earlier reply in the Gulf oil spill all 3 … more ›
Leading Republican primary candidates are spending big money ahead of state primary Tuesday.
Patch presents Michigan presidential campaign roundups before the Republican primary Feb. 28. A new NBC News/Marist poll shows Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum locked in a statistical tie. In Michigan – which has turned into a make-or-break contest for Romney – the former Massachusetts governor gets the support of 37 percent of likely GOP primary voters, including those who are leaning toward a particular candidate, the poll shows. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, has 35 percent support, followed by Texas Rep. Ron Paul at 13 percent and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 8 percent. “Michigan is neck and neck,” said pollster Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion…
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8:37 am on Friday, March 2, 2012
But wait, there's still more - Boehner just announced his latest JOBS Bill: March 1, 2012 "Boehner Vows to Continue Contraception Fight" http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/boehner-vows-to-continue-contraception-fight/ Okay, they DO know we all don't have short-term memory loss, right? Otherwise, they might be concerned over the hypocrisy of "taking away our religious freedom". "Twenty-… more ›
Michigan native Mitt Romney hosts town hall forum Tuesday at Shelby Township-based defense spending firm.
As Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a campaign stop in Shelby Township on Tuesday, he told a crowd of about 500 people at Eagle Manufacturing that his main goal if elected president of the United States would be to “cut the spending.” “We need to balance our budget and do more things to reduce our spending,” he started off by saying. Romney, who appeared relaxed in jeans, said he plans on achieving that goal by keeping taxes flat, or lower, cut government spending and end entitlements. The Michigan native said he chose to hold the town hall forum at the Eagle Manufacturing, a Shelby Township-based defense manufacturing plant, to drive home the notion that the private sector in America will be the key to job creation, not …
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8:38 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The biggest problem, IMHO, with the primary season is that the candidates who are not on the fringe of their party are forced to pander to the extremists (ala Romney or Newt w/the fidelity pledge) in order to garner the votes to make it to the general election. The reason that this is a problem is that most people in this country are moderate, even if they tend to identify with a particular party… more ›
Michigan native and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has announced a stop in Shelby Township. This will be the second time in a week that a presidential hopeful has visited the Macomb County city.
Shelby Township has become a hot spot for presidential GOP hopefuls. Mitt Romney will host a town hall meeting Feb. 21 at Eagle Manufacturing at 11 a.m. The announcement was made just a day after GOP candidate Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum addressed more than 1,500 people Friday at Palazzo Grande, hosted by the Michigan Faith and Freedom Coalition. Tuesday will mark Romney's fourth appearance in Michigan ahead of the state's Feb. 28 primary elections. According to a Detroit News survey released Thursday of 500 likely primary voters, Santorum was leading in the Wolverine State 30 percent to Romney's 26 percent. Michigan's primary has become more important after Santorum won last week in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. Romney, whose …
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10:52 am on Sunday, February 19, 2012
I went to the Lincoln Day Dinner last week and the guest speaker was Rick Santorum. This guy is the darling of the Tea Party movement who professes straight out, that they are not Republicans. Santorum talked about bad government programs like Medicare and Social Security. Explain to my 85 year old mother or all the other senior citizens that vote republican why these programs are so bad and why … more ›
Republicans praise GOP star-studded Lincoln Day Dinner in Novi.
Michigan Republicans who attended Thursday's Lincoln Day Dinner at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi lauded the star-studded lineup, which included surging GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Santorum spoke before 1,400 party supporters, and was joined by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Ann Romney — wife of presidential candidate Mitt Romney — and other party leaders and political organizers.
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8:14 am on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Romney's comments on the Auto Bailout ought to hurt him. Do you know how long that would have been in bankruptcy court? The auto industry would have drowned by the time it was settled. more ›
Herb Helzer
5:59 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Right, because the President's salary ($400,000, or slightly more than Willard "Mitt" Romney made from speeches in 2010) is why we have a budget deficit. more ›