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203 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

With both federal and state income taxes due by midnight, Senate Republicans took a shot at passing a constitutional amendment to require a super-majority of the Legislature to approve a sales tax on services and fell two votes short, as reported by Gongwer News Service.

Three Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek), joined a solid Republican caucus in supporting SJR L, but the proposal was defeated on a 24-12 vote. A two-thirds majority, which is 26 votes in the Senate, is required for a constitutional amendment to pass and go to the voters.

Hypocrite, big spending, tax hiker Mark Schauer, now candidate for Congress voted for the bill. This is the same guy who pushed through the largest tax increase in Michigan’s history!

House Republicans yesterday held press conferences across Michigan announcing their plan to repeal the income tax increase passed last year by the House Democratic majority.

As a result of the $744 million tax increase, the average Michigan family will be forced to send an additional $300 to Lansing this year. For families living though Michigan's economic crisis, this could be crucial money needed for a mortgage or car payment.

I made a point to wish our Democrat friends a happy “Tax Day” yesterday on statewide radio and our blog. Click here to see the greeting.

There is a big difference between our two parties.

In the words of Ronald Reagan:
“REPUBLICANS BELIEVE EVERY DAY IS THE FOURTH OF JULY, BUT DEMOCRATS BELIEVE EVERY DAY IS APRIL 15.”

George Will summarized Barack Obama’s comments this way: They especially rejected "American exceptionalism, the notion that the United States was specially good and decent," rather than -- in Michelle Obama's words -- "just downright mean." See more below.

The Washtenaw County GOP had a nice event last night at the home of Mark & Donna Quimet for the Lincoln Pass Club. National Committeeman-Elect Keith Butler was one of the special guests.

The Political, Candidate & Party Assistance teams were on the road again last night on the Livingston/Washtenaw "Unity Road Show" in Brighton. Both county chairs were present along with a handful of local party activists. Special thanks to Allan Filip for his help in putting this event together.

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Democrats hypocrisy…Again. Another vacancy on the FEC board and the Senate Democrats refuse to fill the position in a timely manner. So much for Mr. Obama’s call to transcend partisanship. So much for Democratic insistence on the importance of maintaining a strong federal watchdog to enforce all the campaign-finance regulations Democrats created. Democrats are making a mockery of campaign finance laws as they ignore the regulatory body and “master” the use of 527’s.

On Tuesday, John McCain proposed a comprehensive plan for getting the economy back on track while implementing the reforms that will maintain America's economic strength for the21st century. John McCain outlined his vision for growing the economy and contrasted that vision with Senator Obama and Clinton's plans to raise taxes, continue wasteful spending and isolate the United States from the global economy. See more below.

District Attorney Steve Murphy will be appointed to the Eastern District Court in trade for Helene White (Levin’s relative) being appointed to the 6th Circuit Court.

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George Will wrote in the Washington Post: Obama may be the fulfillment of modern liberalism. Explaining why many working-class voters are "bitter," he said they "cling" to guns, religion and "antipathy to people who aren't like them" because of "frustrations." His implication was that their primitivism, superstition and bigotry are balm for resentments they feel because of America's grinding injustice…

They especially rejected ‘American exceptionalism,’ the notion that the United States was specially good and decent," rather than -- in Michelle Obama’s words – “just downright mean.”

Obama's dismissal is: Americans, especially working-class conservatives, are unable, because of their false consciousness, to deconstruct their social context and embrace the liberal program. Today that program is to elect Obama, thereby making his wife at long last proud of America…

When Democrats convened in San Francisco in 1984, en route to losing 49 states, Jeane Kirkpatrick -- a former FDR Democrat then serving in the Cabinet of another such, Ronald Reagan -- said "San Francisco Democrats" are people who "blame America first." Today they blame Americans for America being "downright mean."

- The McCain Economic Plan for America.

A Near-Term Agenda for Economic Growth:

• HIGHER LIVING COSTS: John McCain will enact a summer gas tax holiday, stop filing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reduce demand, and end policies that contribute to higher living costs.

• HOUSING CRISIS: John McCain has proposed a new "HOME Plan" to provide robust, timely and targeted help to those hurt by the housing crisis. He has also called for a Justice Department task force to investigate wrongdoing in the mortgage industry.

• STUDENT LOANS: John McCain is proposing a student loan continuity plan that will coordinate policies with the states to keep the credit crunch from hurting college students.

A Long-Term Agenda for Economic Growth:

• MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUTS: John McCain will cut taxes on middle class families. He will permanently repeal the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) saving a middle class family with children an average of over $2,700. Also, he will double the personal exemption for dependents.

• PRO-GROWTH TAX POLICY: John McCain will keep taxes low by fighting efforts to raise taxes and making it harder to raise taxes. He will keep the current rates on dividends and capital gains while permitting businesses to immediately deduct the cost of equipment and technology.

• CORPORATE TAX CUT: John McCain will reduce the federal corporate tax rate to 25 percent from 35 percent. By reducing the corporate tax rate, we will get rid of a drag on economic growth and job creation, and help American workers compete with any company in the world.

• INNOVATION TAX CUTS: John McCain will ban Internet taxes and new cell phone taxes, and establish a permanent tax credit equal to 10 percent of wages spent on research and development.

• SIMPLER TAXES: John McCain proposes an alternative new and simpler tax system. When this reform is enacted, all who wish to stay under the current system could still do so, but everyone else could choose a vastly less complicated system with two tax rates and a generous standard deduction.

• ELIMINATING WASTEFUL SPENDING: John McCain will stop earmarks, pork-barrel spending and waste. He proposes a one-year spending pause so as to evaluate all spending programs. He will veto any pork-barrel project that crosses his desk.

• ENTITLEMENTS: John McCain will reform Social Security, act to
control Medicare growth, and believes we should not subsidize prescription
drugs for America's most affluent individuals.

• TRADE: John McCain will lower trade barriers to ensure that foreign markets are open to American goods.

• UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: John McCain will implement badly needed reforms to the Unemployment Insurance system by creating Lost Earning Buffer
Accounts (LEBs) to help workers when they lose a job.

• HEALTH CARE REFORM: John McCain has proposed comprehensive health care reform that will address rising costs and make the system more responsive to the needs of American families.

• ENERGY: As President, John McCain will propose a real national strategy for energy security.

Contrast With Democrats:

• The American people have a clear choice in this election. While
John McCain supports pro-growth tax cuts, both Senators Obama and Clinton support a massive tax increase on the American people that will hurt Americans of every background – seniors, parents, small business owners, and investors of every size.

• Senators Obama and Clinton have championed a long list of
pork-barrel projects. That kind of careless spending of tax dollars is not change, but business as usual in Washington.

• Senators Obama and Clinton preach the false virtues of economic isolationism. Opening new markets for American goods and services is indispensable to our future prosperity.

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Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
Chairman
Michigan Republican Party