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259 days until election day

MORNING UPDATE:

Senator John McCain wins Washington and Wisconsin, then delivers a great victory speech…a great line:

"I will fight every day in this campaign to make sure that Americans are not deceived by an eloquent and empty call for change that promises no more than a holiday from history and a return to the false promises and failed philosophy that trusts in government more than the people."

Senator McCain will be in Michigan Thursday…watch for coverage and events near you…mostly in metro Detroit.

Barack Obama wins Wisconsin…9 in a row.

81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president/dictator Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday. Finally, the end of Castro's rule - the longest in the world for a head of government…which will hopefully lead to the beginning of a transition to democracy.

The world is a little bit better of a place…with one less dictator:

http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/02/communist-dicta.html

I’ve received several emails from folks complimenting the “new voting” system we used at the convention. Everyone liked the idea of truly a secret ballot, not to mention the fact it was a “real” ballot and in many cases….they were counted and done well before the old traditional method of voting on the issues. We learned some good lessons and would appreciate any other suggestions folks would have?

I want to give a special thanks to all the local clerks who volunteered to run and supervise this effort; Mary Ellen Tryban, Sandra Moore, Karen Buie, Kerry Helmick, Louise Steine, Tina Leary, Jason Watts, Laurie Braid and Teri Kowal. And a HUGE thanks to Calhoun County Clerk Anne Norlander and her elections chief, Teri Loew, for spearheading the effort. Their expertise in implementing the new system was invaluable. Truly a great team effort!

Newt Gingrich presented their “Platform of the American People” to our State Convention via his video and encouraged our support.

http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/02/newt-gingrich-a.html

Princella Smith from American Solutions joined us and distributed sign up cards. You can also sign up online here:

http://www.americansolutions.com/actioncenter/petitions/?Guid=bf4a5257-4...

You see the actual "Platform of the American People" here:

http://www.americansolutions.com/media/4CDF1CEC-779C-4699-A123-A8992F4D9...

BECOME A PRECINCT DELEGATE!! Fill out and return the Affidavit of Identity to your county clerk. Link to form:

http://www.mi.gov/documents/AffID_Precnt_139901_7.pdf

THE REST OF THE STORY:

- As the dictator from Cuba, Fidel Castro “steps aside” here is a thought to ponder from Ronald Reagan’s second inaugural address:

“We strive for peace and security, heartened by the changes all around us. Since the turn of the century, the number of democracies in the world has grown fourfold. Human freedom is on the march, and nowhere more so than our own hemisphere. Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for those inalienable rights that make for human dignity and progress.”

Reagan said our work against totalitarianism had “turned the tide of history away from totalitarian darkness and into the warm sunlight of human freedom.”

Let us remain vigilant, let us keep working, so the warm sunlight of human freedom will soon shine down upon the Cuban people.

For complete post go to:

http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/02/articles-of--19.html

Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
Chairman
Michigan Republican Party