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251 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

In Memoriam: William F. Buckley 1925 – 2008

The House Republican Caucus gathered yesterday for a retreat to discuss winning back the House this fall. I joined a number of speakers as we went over specific programs, support and strategies for the upcoming elections. House Republicans are ready!

The Political, Candidate & Party Assistance teams were on the road again last night on the "Unity Road Show" in “northern” Michigan.

We had a very successful meeting in Grand Traverse County. We had folks from Mason, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, and Grand Traverse Counties in attendance, twenty in all, including Lance Roman, Chairman of Leelanau County, Joan Jackson, member of Leelanau women’s group, and Joan Runnels, Lake County Chair. We owe a special thanks to Molly Agostinelli, Chair for Grand Traverse County, who helped put this event together.

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh calls Congressman Bart Stupak a “wholesale idiot(s)”….see the clip below on our web page.

Michigan Republicans have updated our web page with our own 2.0 version …easier to navigate, more information…and still under construction…so please be patient.

BECOME A PRECINCT DELEGATE!! Fill out and return the Affidavit of Identity to your county clerk or send it to the state party…we’ll handle the filings. Link to form

Many folks have asked…what does a precinct delegate do? Here is some basic information about how we try and organize our precinct delegates to be part of our “political machine” to help elect Republicans.

We have had so many areas where more than one person wanted to serve…I am going to encourage our county & district parties to “open” up the participation and attempt to “maximize” the number of potential precinct delegates…not minimize them. If you are willing to run, work and be part of the team…we want you on board! Our party needs to grow!!!

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THE REST OF THE STORY:

- Anuzis' Statement on the passing of William F. Buckley, Jr.

http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/02/rip-william-f-b.html

“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good,” mankind is
told at the end of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis. There is no
doubt in my mind that on a beautiful day in 1925 God went back to work and
with His best effort made William F. Buckley, Jr. Now, God welcomes His
very good creation back after an incredible life in which Buckley helped to
create the modern conservative movement.

“At the Michigan Republican Party, I know I express the feelings of
thousands of grassroots members who are saddened at the passing of a man
whose intellect and ability to communicate basic conservative ideas and
values changed our state, nation and world. Buckley practiced his
conservatism with élan and style. When I was a young conservative in
college, watching Firing Line and reading National Review, I thought Buckley
made conservatism cool. Later, conservative lions like Bill Buckley and
Russell Kirk inspired Governor Engler to lead a conservative renaissance in
Michigan in the 1990s.

“I am told that Bill Buckley died at his desk, still at work in his
study. We can only imagine his last thoughts and wishes, but I think we can
all honor his memory and build his legacy by working even harder to rebuild
the conservative movement. More than anything, Buckley understood the power
of ideas, and now it is our job to keep up the fight to make elections about
ideas and substance, not about rhetoric and personality.

“Friends and admirers throughout Michigan extend their condolences
to his son Christopher and the entire Buckley family. Be assured that
you are in our prayers.”

- Conservative talk-show icon Rush Limbaugh lambasted Congressman Bart Stupak’s for sticking his nose someplace it doesn’t belong by suggesting he and his fellow liberal Democrats know more about medicine than the doctor who created the world’s first artificial heart.

Dr. Robert Jarvik is the inventor of the artificial heart, holds a degree in medicine, and was the spokesman for the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor since 2006. Stupak and his Democrat colleagues recently challenged the Jarvik’s integrity and questioned whether he should be allowed to serve as a spokesman for a prescription drug.

We guess it must be easier to demagogue this issue than it is to allow a vote on an important national security bill that would allow America’s defenders to track and monitor the actions of international terrorists intent on attacking the United States.

A clip of Limbaugh’s segment from his radio show can be found at www.migop.org.

For complete post go to: http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/02/articles-of--27.html

Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
Chairman
Michigan Republican Party