Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Watch and participate in a live chat throughout the day and night as voters head to the polls to vote on Republican presidential candidates and local issues.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Today is primary day in Michigan, when voters mark their ballots with their choice for who should run for president of the United States in November. Republican hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum headed into Tuesday's primary race neck and neck, trailed by several other candidates on the GOP ticket. President Barack Obama is the sole candidate on the Democrats' ballot. The Dems will caucus for their candidate May 5. There are some local issues on the ballots, too, such as a school bond proposal in Ferndale and a millage request in Clawson. We want to know how you voted and why and what's going on at the polls, campaign headquarters and at results-watching parties. Give us your thoughts, talk amongst yourselves, share some photos in …
Monday, February 27, 2012
Gov. Snyder and a 'special musical guest' will join the Republican candidate at the Royal Oak Music Theatre the night before the presidential primary.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been hitting Michigan hard the few days before Tuesday's presidential primary and now plans to make a stop in Royal Oak on Monday evening. Gov. Rick Syder and a "special musical guest from Detroit" are scheduled to join Romney and his “Earn It” bus tour to the Royal Oak Music Theatre from 6:15-7:30 p.m. The Michigan native and former Massachusetts governor starts the day with an 8:45 a.m. rally in Rockford and then in Albion at 1 p.m. for a rally. Romney and fellow GOP hopeful Rick Santorum appeared at a conservative rally Saturday in Troy. Santorum is scheduled to attend the Livonia/Farmington Area Chamber of Commerce Breakfast this morning in Livonia before taking his campaign bus to …
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Obama spots add to TV blitz; Troy primary night party set; candidate's Brighton tale stars 'frugal dad.'
Patch presents a Michigan presidential campaign roundup. Mitt Romney earns a point for openness, but risks losing it for over-sharing. "I like the fact that most of the cars I see (locally) are Detroit-made automobiles," he told Detroit Economic Club members on Friday. "I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pickup truck. Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually." He was referring to his wife's 2007 and 2010 SRX models at their Massachusetts and California homes, aides explained. (Speech excerpt video embedded at right.) The off-script remark created a bull's-eye too inviting to ignore. "That's rich, literally," ex-Detroiter Charles Blow writes in his New York Times column. That was one poke among plenty, a headline sampling shows: Slate blogger …
Saturday, February 25, 2012
A large enthusiastic group cheers the GOP presidential candidates and conservative ideals Saturday at Troy's San Marino Club.
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
More than 1,000 people crowded into the San Marino Club in Troy on Saturday to attend the Michigan Prosperity Forum, a rally hosted by Americans for Prosperity – Michigan just three days before the presidential primary. The conservative organization – which has roughly 67,000 members in Michigan, according to Americans for Prosperity president Tim Phillips – brought in several notable speakers, including conservative journalist Michelle Malkin, commentator and online publisher Andrew Breitbart, WJR radio show host Frank Beckmann and former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain in addition to presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. Saline resident Cindy Vlisides attended the event with her husband "to support my conservative …
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
The Saturday rally at the San Marino Club is sponsored by Americans for Prosperity – Michigan.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Editor's note: This story was updated at 9:30 p.m. Thursday to include Rick Santorum's announcement that he will also be attending the rally in Troy on Saturday. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, who campaigned in Troy in November, and Rick Santorum will address a crowd of more than 1,000 during the Michigan Prosperity Forum on Saturday at the San Marino Club in Troy. The event runs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Romney and Santorum will join speakers Herman Cain, Michelle Malkin, Andrew Breitbart and Frank Beckmann, among others. “Because this event takes place just three days before Michigan’s primary election, this is a perfect time to ensure our issues have a prominent place within the national dialogue in this year’s elections,” said …
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Romney gets lackluster endorsement from Free Press while Detroit News calls foul on editing of editorial by Romney staff; Paul reaches out with commercials and college campus visits.
Patch presents Michigan presidential campaign roundups before the Republican primary Tuesday. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has won the endorsement of the Detroit Free Press, but it's a reluctant one. The headline: "Mitt Romney is best – but we urge him to recapture collaborative spirit." After citing all the things about Romney it doesn't like, the Free Press says: "Romney, unlike the zealous Rick Santorum, the impulsive Newt Gingrich and the backward-thinking Ron Paul, is preferable to the rest of the field." A trio of statewide surveys gives cliché-cherishing writers a chance to reuse "razor-thin," "down to the wire" or "dead heat." We'll go with tight: "Michigan is neck-and-neck," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Leading Republican primary candidates are spending big money ahead of state primary Tuesday.
Patch presents Michigan presidential campaign roundups before the Republican primary Feb. 28. A new NBC News/Marist poll shows Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum locked in a statistical tie. In Michigan – which has turned into a make-or-break contest for Romney – the former Massachusetts governor gets the support of 37 percent of likely GOP primary voters, including those who are leaning toward a particular candidate, the poll shows. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, has 35 percent support, followed by Texas Rep. Ron Paul at 13 percent and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 8 percent. “Michigan is neck and neck,” said pollster Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion…
Michigan native Mitt Romney hosts town hall forum Tuesday at Shelby Township-based defense spending firm.
As Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a campaign stop in Shelby Township on Tuesday, he told a crowd of about 500 people at Eagle Manufacturing that his main goal if elected president of the United States would be to “cut the spending.” “We need to balance our budget and do more things to reduce our spending,” he started off by saying. Romney, who appeared relaxed in jeans, said he plans on achieving that goal by keeping taxes flat, or lower, cut government spending and end entitlements. The Michigan native said he chose to hold the town hall forum at the Eagle Manufacturing, a Shelby Township-based defense manufacturing plant, to drive home the notion that the private sector in America will be the key to job creation, not …
Friday, February 17, 2012
Republicans praise GOP star-studded Lincoln Day Dinner in Novi.
Michigan Republicans who attended Thursday's Lincoln Day Dinner at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi lauded the star-studded lineup, which included surging GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Santorum spoke before 1,400 party supporters, and was joined by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Ann Romney — wife of presidential candidate Mitt Romney — and other party leaders and political organizers.
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Rick Santorum spoke to Michiganders on Thursday about building America back up.
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum spoke to a house full of 1,400 Michiganders in Novi Thursday night, focusing on the importance of America’s foundations, family, and building a government from the bottom-up. He spoke as part of the Oakland County Republicans Lincoln Day Dinner at Suburban Collection Showplace. Santorum began his speech by stating that he was excited to be back in Michigan, where his family has some roots. His grandfather worked in an auto factory in Detroit for two years when he first came to America, and like many Michigan residents today, he ended up losing his job. He said his roots have helped him understand the foundations of the country and the importance of the industrial heartland of America. “One of the …
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Herb Helzer
5:59 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Right, because the President's salary ($400,000, or slightly more than Willard "Mitt" Romney made from speeches in 2010) is why we have a budget deficit. more ›