Tim Melton
LANSING — It’s not Shakespeare, but it’s drama nonetheless at the Capitol today.
House Democrats held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. to vent their frustrations with Senate Republicans who walked away from a joint House-Senate conference committee last night. The committee has been working to [...]
Senate [...]
MIRS breaking news thingy:
Rep. Tim MELTON (D-Auburn Hills) said this morning that negotiations are currently stalled after Senate Republicans walked out of the room last night having tried to interject new issues into the negotiations. "I'm still at the table, as far as they know I'm still in the room" [...]
Republicans in the Senate are stymieing debate on the health care reform bill this afternoon by forcing the clerk to [...]
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good" [...]
Candice Miller writes an Op-Ed about climate change. Heads shake sadly in response.
There is little doubt that the world's climate is changing, because the climate has always changed. Just ask the dinosaurs or remember the ice age and how huge glaciers melting and moving formed our Great Lakes.
Here, it [...]
At least three Republican candidates for statewide offices have announced they won’t participate in straw polls anymore.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Secretary of State candidate Anne Norlander, Attorney General candidate, and current state Senator, Mike Bishop and Gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Mike Cox are [...]
And I am not talking about the Democrats on the “YES” list.. I am talking about Republicans.. So Called Republicans.. RINO. The Dems don’t get a pass, its just they probably could care less what this conservative Republican thinks. Its enough for me to note the lack of a sense [...]
I think it's a safe bet that the school funding cut reprieve will be poorly interpreted in certain corners. In fact, say it will be so and it will be so.
Ever since she announced a projected $292 per pupil cut months ago, the republicans have criticized her [...]
LANSING — In testimony before the House Great Lakes and Environment Committee, Republican House Minority Leader Kevin Elsenheimer told fellow lawmakers that Asian carp are a threat to the great lakes.
“We also have to recognize that the Asian Carp issue is perhaps the largest threat to the great lakes, [...]
Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard says he saved his county $1.6 million by privatizing jail food services and schools should take similar measures to bring down costs.
The Associated Press reports that the Republican gubernatorial candidate is suggesting that Michigan schools pursue privatizing food, transportation and janitorial services.
“The [...]
Late Tuesday, House Speaker Andy Dillon of Redford Township said his fellow Democrats who control the House will have to accept the bitter medicine of deep cuts with the hopes that the Republican-controlled Senate would muster votes for new taxes or fees to restore programs they [...]
By Ben Armbruster
In the wake of two devastating losses in the 2006 and 2008 elections, and the intra-party dispute surrounding the special election last month in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, many Republican Party leaders have argued for a “big tent” GOP in order [...]
The Central Michigan University Campus Conservatives have invited the Republican field of candidates of governor to a debate in February.
According to the Midland Daily News, the event will be hosted by Saul Anuzis, the former chair of the Michigan Republican Party, and Bill Ballenger, editor of Inside [...]
In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at [...]
Once again, there seems to be a chance of passing a workplace smoking ban. Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look at the fine art of legislative compromise…
State Senator Ron Jelinek, a Republican from the Southwest corner of [...] 
From Media Matters Research Department
SUMMARY: Conservative media figures have attacked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) remarks linking slavery to Republican opposition to health care reform legislation, but have routinely attacked progressives and the Obama administration for creating "slavery" and enslaving the public.
Conservatives express [...] 
By John Byrne
Want to become a congressman in a conservative district? Then perhaps you shouldn't run as a Republican. A national poll which gave respondents three choices -- to support a generic Democrat, Republican or Tea Party candidate -- put the' [...]
By Pat Garofalo
Today, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) appeared at the Economist’s World in 2010 conference (attended by ThinkProgress), where he took exception to NBC’s David Gregory characterizing Republicans as “not really a party of ideas, because they don’t want to be.” [...]
