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Chuck Todd has the main story:
According to sources inside both parties, the two state parties in Michigan have agreed to move the state’s primary — legislatively — to Jan. 15. This is a compromise date out of respect for Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, who really wanted to move the primary to Jan. 8. Others wanted [...]
State
1/x Households
in Foreclosure
# of Households
foreclosing
Bush 04
margin
[...]
Just when you thought that the calendar was going to be stable, Ohio and Michigan start to screw it up.
In Ohio, legislation has been introduced by a Democratic State Senator to move the date to Jan. 29th, the same day as Florida. Stealing Florida’s special location would probably have a significant impact on the race. [...]
As has been repeatedly noted, the primary calendar is strongly in flux. However, one of the most interesting questions is: what happens if New Hampshire moves up sharply, as I expect it will. Consider some facts:
New Hampshire is committed (and empowered) to move up before, at least, Nevada, meaning that the latest it is held [...]
Epic-MRA has a new Michigan poll. Now, the horserace numbers are interesting, but I want to focus on some other things. But first the numbers. They gave us both fav/unfavs among Republicans:
Don’t Know
very
Gen
Total
Gen
very
Total
undec
George W. Bush
0%
30%
43%
73%
15%
7%
22%
5%
Jennifer Granholm
0%
5%
14%
19%
30%
46%
76%
5%
John McCain
2%
15%
50%
65%
16%
3%
19%
14%
Rudy Giuliani
3%
19%
53%
72%
9%
4%
13%
12%
Mitt Romney
12%
22%
29%
51%
7%
5%
12%
25%
Newt Gingrich
5%
14%
33%
47%
23%
14%
37%
11%
And [...]
Wait. Last week Romney said he was "always for life". At the same time, his staff was saying that he was pro-choice until he was elected (what will be be after he is elected this time?) Check out the letter after the jump.
I’m confused about where he stands. So is his staff. So is [...]
NYT’s The Caucus has a good rundown. John McCain did the same thing at Mitt Romney’s Republican Governors Association meeting.
That’s what the Michigan Cooler says.
At the MRP conventjon, which I blogged about here, there was an anti-Mitt Romney protest put on by members, apparently, of the Michigan State and University of Michigan Young Americans for Freedom: In this video, there are protesters with signs like "RINOs for Romney" or "If you don’t like Romney’s positions, wait 10 [...]
Two sources at the Michigan Republican Party Convention report that John McCain’s campaign defeated Mitt Romney’s campaign in a clear proxy fight at the convention in the battle for Youth Chair.
While neither campaign endorsed in the race, staffers from both campaigns were managing the floor fights for their respective candidates. Matt Hall, supported by [...]
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