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Posted at 6:41am on Apr. 22, 2008 MI Morning Update: PA Primary Day, MI Senate Republicans Fundraiser a Success

By saul anuzis

197 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

Pennsylvania voters head to the polls. Clinton and Obama going down to the wire.

The Democrats are preparing for the fall election and have prepared the “Atlas Project”, writing campaign that plans on targeted states. Yup, you guessed it…Michigan is one of the states the Democrats are afraid of losing. We agree!

Michigan Clinton supporters (certain unions) defeated Obama supporters for some “uncommitted” slots, setting up a “stealth” Clinton come-back as they head to their national convention. This is FAR from over.

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Posted at 7:05am on Apr. 3, 2008 MI Morning Update: Report from RNC Rules Committee Meeting

By saul anuzis

231 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

Our Michigan delegation presented our “Victory Plan” to the national McCain campaign in conjunction with the RNC yesterday. Michigan is a swing state that will play a key role in this fall’s election. We are ready to help elect our next President…John McCain.

In other action, the RNC Rules Committee passed the Ohio Plan, taking the first step towards changing the rules for the 2012 presidential process. Next step the full RNC meeting in August and then, on to the convention.

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Posted at 9:08am on Feb. 14, 2008 MI Morning Update: Where is Cong. Candidate Gary Peters? - Huckabee Camp Hunting Delegates - McCain in Great Shape

By saul anuzis

266 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

We held a press conference at Central Michigan University yesterday…looking for Gary Peters?!? He has a $65,000/yr job teaching one class, one day a week…while running for Congress. Ethics…Democrat style. Milk carton to follow him throughout the campaign.

Happy Birthday to our National Committeeman Chuck Yob!

Huckabee folks are hunting for delegates…see your local Huckabee supporter. Gary Glenn and Bill Voorheis are leading the way here in Michigan.

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Posted at 8:59am on Feb. 13, 2008 MI Morning Update: McCain Sweeps, Obama Not Ready - MI Still Leading Nation in People Leaving - Hoogendyk for US Senate?

By saul anuzis

267 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

McCain sweeps Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia!

Obama sweeps the same! Some believe he’s ready to be Commander in Chief?!

WSJ reports: An old adage says high taxes don't redistribute income, they redistribute people. For new evidence look no further than migration patterns within the United States, as documented in a new survey by the moving company United Van Lines.

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Posted at 8:49am on Feb. 11, 2008 MI Morning Update: Party will Unite - CPAC was Great Success - Dems Snub MI Voters...AGAIN!

By saul anuzis

269 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

I’ve received a lot of emails this weekend about “uniting our party” and others expressing “frustration” over how the process is developing. My advice…keep the faith.

The process is moving forward, we all work for the candidates we support in the primary…and then work hard to unite behind our nominee. McCain, Huckabee and Paul are still in the race, it’s working itself out…we’ll know more after Tuesday.

Posted in CPAC | Michigan Republican Party | Presidential Primary | Republicans | Saul Anuzis | unity — Comments (0) / Email this page » / Read More »

Posted at 9:41am on Feb. 3, 2008 MI Morning Update: Romney wins Maine Caucuses, Candidates make final appeals for Super Tuesday

By saul anuzis

277 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

Mitt Romney wins Maine caucuses. McCain came in second with Paul right behind him in third place. On to Super Tuesday!

POLITICO’s Sunday talk show tip sheet:

Two days before Super Tuesday, all the big-time presidential candidates take one of their last shots at making news Sunday.

In an 11th-hour bid to consolidate conservative credibility, Republican Mitt Romney appears on ABC’s “This Week” and CNN’s “Late Edition.”

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Posted at 8:20pm on Jan. 19, 2008 Not with a bang, but a whimper

A campaign haunted by the hollow words "What might have been....?"

By Jeff Emanuel

So long, Fred; we hardly even knew ye.

Well, that's not entirely accurate -- we knew you far better than we've known many a politician who's thrown his hat in the Presidential ring in years past (or even this year; see "Hunter, Duncan" or "Gravel, Mike" for examples).

We knew you well enough that, when it seemed that the Republican field needed a White Knight to ride in on a shiny steed and save it (and us) from itself, we didn't call on Newt Gingrich or Jeb Bush; we called on you.

We supported you through the flirtations with running for office. At first, it was understandable. After all, you're a family man, with young children and a comfortable day job, and it would have been far too much to ask for you to simply shelve all of that for the high-stress life of the Presidential candidate without giving the matter a second thought. Whatever your decision, though, you knew that rank-and-file Republicans the country over were calling out your name, and were ready to pledge their support to you should you agree to throw your hat into the ring for the nation's highest office.

We waited with bated breath, as expected announcement date after expected announcement date passed by, with little or no action on your part. As the summer wore on, and gave itself over to autumn, though, the game became a bit less enjoyable for the rest of us.

Like the townspeople who tired of hearing the young sheepherder cry "Wolf!" over and over again when there was no such threat to his flock, those who had supported you wholeheartedly at the beginning of this process began to waver in their commitment, and the field of "FredHeads," as so many of those enthusiastic supporters called themselves, began to dwindle.

Read on.

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Posted at 7:33am on Jan. 17, 2008 MI Morning Update: MI GOP's delegate allocation, a look into Romney's victory

By saul anuzis

294 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

Final numbers are in and based on the fact that Mitt Romney won 13 of 15 congressional districts, John McCain won 2 and Huckabee qualified for at-large delegates by getting 16% of the statewide vote and we calculated the following allocation:

Romney: 45
McCain: 10
Huckabee: 2

Our press release is below.

I received a whole lot of questions on how Governor Romney won Michigan and if there were some “untold” stories that folks were missing. Not really, I think it was very straight forward:

Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign | Delegates | Michigan Republicans | Mitt Romney | Presidential Primary | Republicans — Comments (3) / Email this page » / Read More »

Posted at 6:00pm on Jan. 16, 2008 There Must Be Only One

Who Needs a Frontrunner, Anyway? - Or - Ugh, Pundits!

By Mark I

Last night’s results in the Michigan primary further muddle the already muddled Republican nomination race. There have been three different winners in the first four contests, and by the end of the month, there may well have been four out of January’s seven. Still the media and punditocracy charge headlong into the scrum, seeking desperately to crown someone--anyone--with the supposedly all-important status of frontrunner.

Last night, it was Gov. Mitt Romney’s turn. Fox News’ election night coverage saw fit to crown him the frontrunner on the strength of his impressive victory in Michigan. But Mitt Romney is not a frontrunner. He carries no momentum into South Carolina on Saturday. Indeed, Romney trails the candidate whose frontrunner status he allegedly usurped by winning Michigan, Sen. John McCain; and trails the candidate whose frontrunnership was taken by McCain in New Hampshire, Gov. Mike Huckabee. Truth be told, neither McCain nor Huckabee were frontrunners either when they were so knighted by the media kingmakers.

So, why the rush? Why is the media so intent on declaring this guy or that as the frontrunner so early in what is shaping up to be a long primary process? And what’s so great about having a frontrunner, anyway?

Read on…

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Posted at 7:08am on Jan. 16, 2008 MI Morning Update: Romney Wins!

By saul anuzis

295 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

Governor Mitt Romney won an impressive come back victory in Michigan last night. Coming out of New Hampshire, Michigan turned into a close battleground between Governor Romney and Senator McCain.

As the week progressed, Governor Romney hit his stride and won the state outright and won at least 12 of the 15 congressional districts throughout the state.

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Posted at 6:46am on Jan. 15, 2008 MI Morning Update: Primary day is here; Get out to vote

By saul anuzis

296 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

It’s Election Day. After all the work, all the rallies and all the effort by tens of thousands of Republicans statewide…we’re down to Election Day.

Regardless of whom you support…Republicans…. please go out and vote today. It’s our nominee, it’s our party and it’s our turn for our voices to be heard.

Congratulations to the Oakland County Republicans for they hugely successful dinner. Over 700 Republicans packed the hall for great food and friendship…getting ready for the election today. I joined Oakland County Republicans and their elected leaders as they greeted Governor Mitt Romney as their guest of honor who gave an inspiring speech about the spirit of America and the greatness of Michigan.

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Posted at 6:38am on Jan. 14, 2008 MI Morning Update: Candidates make final appeals before tomorrow's primary

By saul anuzis

297 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

Romney, McCain and Hunter continue to campaign in Michigan while Huckabee headed to South Carolina Sunday and is scheduled to be back today.

New poll numbers from multiple sources came out Sunday…all conducted between Wednesday through Saturday this last week. See summary of the numbers here:

http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/01/latest-michigan.html

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/mi/michigan_repub...

I went down to the 15th Congressional District rally where candidates, surrogates and Michigan political leaders fired up the troops heading into Tuesday. A great event…congratulations to District Chairman Margy Van Houten and event Chairs Bill & Rhonda Runco….a job well done!

Read on . . .

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Posted at 9:37am on Jan. 13, 2008 MI Morning Update: Primary continues to generate excitement

By saul anuzis

298 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

The time is NOW…Republican presidential candidates are charging through our towns, cities and churches…holding rallies, town hall meetings and Q&A sessions…. and you have a front row seat for history in the making.

Take advantage of the opportunities you have to meet these Republican candidates face to face and get behind the candidate you want to support.

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Posted at 11:00pm on Jan. 11, 2008 The Tears Were Fake, But the Rumors Were True

Or, Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Obama?

By Mark I

Before the New Hampshire primary, when it looked like Hillary!™ Clinton was going down to a second consecutive humiliating defeat at the hands of Barack Obama; the rumors of her campaign’s impending doom were thick. I speculated at the time that the rumors were a campaign rouse designed to rally Clinton’s supporters to “save” her candidacy.

And then the waterworks came.

I believed upon seeing the video that Clinton’s tears were crocodilian and I still do. When she won the primary unexpectedly, I, like many others, thought it confirmed that the rumors were just a well-played part of the low expectations game. But on second thought, I have become convinced that Clinton’s crying game is evidence that her campaign really was in turmoil, and that a big loss that night could have finished her off.

Read on…

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Posted at 3:33pm on Jan. 3, 2008 Thompson Rumors a Sign of His Strength

By Mark I

California Yankee notes in RedHot that Sen. Fred Thompson strongly denied rumors published in the Politico that his campaign was discussing dropping out of the race and endorsing Sen. McCain. Here's a video of the FoxNews interview from this morning.

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