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MI-GOV: Pete Hoekstra: Taking public money didn’t work for McCain, it won’t for you

Some times, you really have to wonder why politicians don’t learn from the past. This week, Pete Hoekstra did the inexplicable: he declared that he would take public funding in the race for Michigan Governor.
Now Michigan has a 2-1 match. That is, for …

By Soren Dayton, 16 years ago

Michigan

MI-GOV: Pete Hoekstra: Taking public money didn’t work for McCain, it won’t for you

Some times, you really have to wonder why politicians don’t learn from the past. This week, Pete Hoekstra did the inexplicable: he declared that he would take public funding in the race for Michigan Governor.
Now Michigan has a 2-1 match. That is, for …

By Soren Dayton, 16 years ago

Michigan

MI-GOV: Pete Hoekstra: Taking public money didn’t work for McCain, it won’t for you

Some times, you really have to wonder why politicians don’t learn from the past. This week, Pete Hoekstra did the inexplicable: he declared that he would take public funding in the race for Michigan Governor.
Now Michigan has a 2-1 match. That is, for …

By Soren Dayton, 16 years ago

economy

Romney’s closing message in Michigan or a new campaign?

Dean Barnett offers a scathing assessment of the Romney campaign today. I don’t want to focus on that here, instead his closing: I hope Mr. Romney does well enough in Michigan today that he gets the opportunity to introduce the public to the real Mitt Romney. He is a wonderful Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

economy

McCain town hall in Reagan Democrat country

(Cross-post from Redstate) Macomb County, Michigan, is one of the homes of the Reagan Democrat. Today, I saw John McCain give a town hall in the closing stretch of the Michigan primary. I don’t have pictures because my video camera was stolen, but I have impressions. Michigan is in an Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Michigan

McCain campaign claiming momentum and seeking more endorsements

The John McCain campaign is trying to score some endorsements out of the ranks of other campaigns. They are looking for a press boost and more momentum to add to what they already have. Note that with Rudy Giuliani’s complete pull-out of MIchigan those activists, voters, and endorsers may help Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

economy

Steve Forbes, Rudy, Romney, and the economy

(Cross-posted from Redstate) Two days ago (technical problems delayed this) in Manchester, New Hampshire, I sat down with Steve Forbes, and we talked about his endorsement of Rudy Giuliani, and his thoughts on the economic records of the other candidates. As a supporter of Rudy Giuliani’s he has the most Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Michigan

Romney cites his education as authority

The whole Mitt Romney/Martin Luther King thing just gets weirder and weirder. He told the Detroit Free Press: "You know, I’m an English literature major as well. When we say, ‘I saw the Patriots win the World Series, it doesn’t necessarily mean you were there — excuse me, the Super Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Michigan

Romney: “I saw my father march with MLK”

As you probably know by now, Mitt Romney said "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." It seems that what Romney means by that isn’t what you and I mean. Let’s break the sentence down and see how Mitt Romney parses it: I saw … Romney explains what Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Michigan

Is Michigan Huckabee’s firewall?

According to RCP, Rasmussen has the first Michigan poll in about a month. Normally, I don’t write about all the polls coming out. But this is the only data we have since the Huckaboom. In this data, we have Mike Huckabee at 21, Mitt Romney at 20, and Rudy Giuliani Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago