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120 Days until Election Day

July 7, 2008

MORNING UPDATE:

OBAMA ABANDONING THE LEFT...AND FAST...the Barack Obama that won the primary is quickly disappearing...no longer are we hearing about a quick withdrawal out of Iraq in 16 months...opposition to FISA...a more secular approach to governing.  Promises made...promises broken.

OBAMA...THE NEW CANDIDATE...is now starting to sound more like John McCain on Iraq...a measured withdrawal...FISA maybe OK...announcing a new "faith based" initiative in the White House if elected.

OBAMA THE POLITICIAN...he is worse than the typical politician we're use to.  Obama will say anything it takes, shift on any position that doesn't fit into his latest polling and abandon any old friend or associate to get into the White House.

OBAMA...is an opportunistic and self-obsessed politician who will do and say anything to get elected.

BARACK OBAMA...Just Not Ready!

VICTORY STAFF CONTACT INFO...please see the list of Victory Centers and Field Representatives listed below.  Contact your local rep, we need your help now!

NOTICE...all the Victory staff received NEW email addresses.

DRILL AND SAVE...Democrats in Congress have been kowtowing to environmental extremists long enough. The radical left and the special interest groups that control the Democratic Party are keeping America from developing domestic oil reserves. The left and the environmental extremists who control the Democratic Party are standing in the way of safe, reasonable exploration of oil in the United States.
We have all the technology and tools to develop domestic energy safely without hurting our environment if only Congress would stop listening to the special interest groups. We need to Drill and Save.

It's time to end our dependence on foreign oil. Sign our e-petition today and tell Democrats that control Congress that enough is enough.

R.I.P. JESSE HELMS....1921-2008

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VICTORY CENTER STAFF AND LOCATIONS ANNOUNCED

Congratulations to the Victory Staff 2008 that will help us connect, mobilize and be victorious in November:

Mike Grissom - Victory Director - mgrissom@rnchq.org
Scott Greenlee - Deputy Victory Director - sgreenlee@migopvictory.org
Dan Blough - Voter File and Logistics Director - dblough@migopvictory.org
Kelly Harrigan - Election Day Operations Director - kharrigan@migopvictory.org
Gayle Alberda - Farmington Hills Field Representative - galberda@migopvictory.org
Mike Telliga - Brighton Field Representative - mtelliga@migopvictory.org
Brandon Darin - Traverse City Field Representative - bdarin@migopvictory.org
Chris Bradley - Grand Rapids Field Representative - cbradley@migopvictory.org
Janice Nearon - Macomb Field Representative - jnearon@migopvictory.org
Gailute Dedinas- Livonia Field Representative - gdedinas@migopvictory.org
Justin Zatkoff - North Oakland Field Representative - jzatkoff@migopvictory.org

We have offices opening in: Farmington Hills - State Victory Headquarters -
31440 Northwestern Hwy Suite 100, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Telephone: 248-579-0350

North Oakland - 8330 and 8340 Highland Rd , Waterford MI 48327

Brighton - 455 E. Grand River, Suite 101 Brighton MI 48116

Grand Rapids - 264 Leonard St., NW Grand Rapids MI

Traverse City - 121 Front St. Suite 100 Traverse Cities MI 49686

Kalamazoo - 1210 W. Milham Ave., Suite 103 Portage, MI

Holland - 511 E. 8th St., Holland, MI 49423

Marquette - 925 Washington St., Marquette, MI 49885

 

 

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

The following stories and more are available at my Articles of Interest online.

 

 

 

Michigan State House is up for grabs in November

Term-limit turnovers could bring a power shift
BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF • FREE PRESS LANSING BUREAU CHIEF • July 7, 2008

LANSING -- Michiganders might never have had such a low opinion of their legislators.

Only 11% believe their state government is doing a good job, according to a poll released last month, easily the worst rating among five Midwest states. Considering Michigan's sagging state economy and the Legislature's clumsy handling of the budget crisis and tax increases last year, should anyone be surprised?

Against that backdrop, voters in November's presidential election will be changing -- at the least -- more than one-third of the House. Of the 110 state House seats, there is no incumbent in 45, largely because of the state's term limits that restrict House members to three, 2-year terms. It's an off-year for other state government offices with four-year terms, including the state Senate, the governor, attorney general and secretary of state.

Michigan Democrats express concern about government reform proposal

Gordon Trowbridge and Deb Price / Detroit News Washington Bureau

Several top Michigan Democrats held a conference call Saturday with Gov. Jennifer Granholm to express worries about a sweeping ballot proposal to overhaul Michigan government.

The call included the governor and representatives of several Democratic members of Congress and the state Legislature, according to two sources familiar with the call. A second call is planned for Sunday, in which Democratic office-holders hope to ask Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer about the proposal.

That discussion would take place just a day before the proposal's supporters say they will file petitions to put their measure before the voters this fall.

Has Michigan passed its tipping point?

State feeling pressure from inept leadership, plunging auto sales and Detroit scandals

July 4th is the unofficial harbinger of the second half of the year, when the economy was supposed to strengthen, auto sales were expected to firm and consumer confidence would pull out of its nose-dive.

But none of that, thanks mostly to record oil prices, is happening. And a state reeling from seven years of negative job growth, inept economic leadership in Lansing, self-defeating politics and self-destructive unions will pay a heavier price because its leaders, public- and private-sector, preferred to ignore some obvious trends.

Pessimistic analysts are reviving the "B" word in connection with Detroit's automakers -- specifically General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC. Sales are plunging, especially of the gas-guzzlers sold by Detroit and the Asians alike. The newest Wall Street obsession is Detroit's "liquidity," a high-falutin term that essentially means cash and available credit lines. At current burn rates, two analysts said Thursday, Detroit's cushion won't last long.

Uneasy allies: Granholm may have key role in Kilpatrick's future

Leonard N. Fleming / The Detroit News

DETROIT -- She is deliberate and judicious, a onetime actress with an Ivy League degree. He is bold and brash, a former college football player who takes issues by storm.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick couldn't be more different and haven't always gotten along. Now, the governor may control his political fate as she ponders a request by the City Council to oust the youngest mayor in Detroit history, who has been charged with misleading the council into approving an $8.4 million settlement to three police officers in the text-messaging scandal.

The two were groomed by Edward McNamara, the late Democratic power broker and former Wayne County executive. They never gelled. Differences widened over sought-after endorsements, bickering among staffs and disagreements over aid to Detroit. But in recent years, they've moved beyond bruised egos to establish a working relationship, advisers and those who know both say.

Concerns raised about Synagro contract were ignored

Kenyatta: Some on council didn't care
BY ZACHARY GORCHOW • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • July 6, 2008

The warning signs were there.

Some members of the Detroit City Council, environmentalists and union leaders saw trouble brewing last autumn in a proposal from Synagro Technologies to reprocess sludge from the city's waste treatment plant into fertilizer -- despite promises of reduced pollution and costs.

There were concerns about Rayford Jackson -- a new Synagro representative with ties to a Detroit housing scandal -- and James Rosendall, a Synagro vice president whose links to a troublesome compost facility had drawn the anger of residents.

McCain touts plan to create jobs, help workers

CHARLES BABINGTON ASSOCIATED PRESS
Originally published 06:08 a.m., July 7, 2008, updated 05:21 a.m., July 7, 2008

PHOENIX (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives.

Economic problems under the Bush administration pose a major challenge to McCain and fellow Republicans running for House and Senate seats this fall. In remarks prepared for an event in Denver on Monday, McCain tried to confront the issue with a can-do spirit.

More than 400,000 jobs have been lost since December, he said, adding, "Americans are worried about the security of their current job, and they're worried that they, their kids and their neighbors may not find good jobs and new opportunities in the future."

McCain promises to balance budget

By MIKE ALLEN | 7/6/08 10:41 PM EST 

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to promise on Monday that he will balance the federal budget by the end of his first term by curbing wasteful spending and overhauling entitlement programs, including Social Security, his advisers told Politico.

The vow to take on Social Security puts McCain in a political danger zone that thwarted President Bush after he named it the top domestic priority of his second term.

McCain is making the pledge at the beginning of a week when both presidential candidates plan to devote their events to the economy, the top issue in poll after poll as voters struggle to keep their jobs and fill their gas tanks.

GOP launches television ad blitz in swing states

Economy takes focus
Christina Bellantoni (Contact)
Monday, July 7, 2008

Republicans are starting a TV offensive in battleground states to say Sen. Barack Obama is ignoring energy solutions, as both presidential candidates prepare for a weeklong campaign focus on the economy.

The Republican National Committee is airing an ad that says the party's presumptive nominee, Sen. John McCain, has a "balanced plan" to address record-high gas prices and environmental concerns and that the senator from Arizona is "pushing his own party to face climate change."

"But Barack Obama? For conservation, but he just says no to lower gas taxes. No to nuclear. No to more production. No new solutions," a narrator says. "Barack Obama: just the party line."

Obama's own voice may haunt him

By DAVID MARK & KENNETH P. VOGEL | 7/6/08 6:51 AM EST

Barack Obama has proved to be a difficult target to hit - just ask Hillary Rodham Clinton. Opposition researchers, though, hope that they've found a weapon to wound Obama in his own voice as recorded for the Grammy Award-winning audio version of his 1995 memoir, "Dreams from My Father."

While candidates often have their own words turned against them in attack ads, it's one thing to see past statements in block text and something else entirely to hear the same words in the office-seeker's own voice.

"I think the audio version makes a much more immediate impact" than the print version of his memoir, said conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt, who has played audio excerpts from the book on his syndicated radio show. "It turns out to be very jarring to many ears to hear Obama talking about his youthful adventures, his attitudes on race."

Iraq not top of Obama's foreign agenda

By AVI ZENILMAN | 7/6/08 6:42 PM EST

"I don't think there's any question that Barack Obama should change his plan in Iraq," Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said early last week, setting a trap. "He is now clinging to a very ideological commitment."

After Obama's remarks last Thursday signaling that he might change (or "refine," as Obama has put it) his timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, Cantor sprung that trap, saying Sunday that the Democratic candidate "is a great politician, but he's a politician who's caught between a rock and a hard place, politically."
 
It's no wonder that Obama, who has referred to "the distraction of the war in Iraq at a time when we could have pinned down the people who actually committed 9/11," wants to talk about Afghanistan and Pakistan.