Republican Michigander

• Independent files in Hamburg

  This is going to be interesting. There's now a 3-way race. Normally, I think that would favor a democrat, but I think it favored the Republicans in 2008 in Hamburg.
  
  From WHMI
  
  11/30/09 - A new candidate has emerged in the Hamburg Township Clerk race. The [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:43pm EST
  

• Republican comeback in the Northeast?

  While the big story for 2009 was the takeover of the governor's mansion in New Jersey and Virginia, there's more good news for the GOP, and the disasters of 06 and 08.
  
  2006 and 2008 was a disaster for the GOP. Republicans were wiped out in much of the [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  

• Jim Neilson picked as Republican nominee for Hamburg Township Clerk

  This is interesting to see and somewhat surprising to me. I did not expect the township committee to select the same candidate who was hired as interim clerk by the board.
  
  I don't know much about Neilson or the other nominee, so I don't have any strong opinions [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:34pm EST
  

• Hamburg Clerk Replacement Race

  This February, there will be a new elected Hamburg Township Clerk to replace Matt Skiba, who was recalled.
  
  The township committee decides the candidates. They are members of the executive committee who live in the township. They must be a minimum of two and no more than five. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:11pm EST
  

• Obama lecturing about debt is like the Detroit Lions talking about winning

  Who the hell is Mr. Obama to say anything about debt? He makes Bush look like a moderate spender. From Reuters
  
  BEIJING, Nov 18 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on Wednesday that if government [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:25am EST
  

• The rise of the Open Carry of firearms

  I caught this in the Argus today. Open Carry made the news today.
  
  From the Argus
  
  An Ohio man was ordered at gunpoint to lie on the ground in July after someone called 911 to report that he was walking down the street with a handgun, [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:38am EST
  

• Five years in prison for not buying government approved insurance

  Forget tea parties, I want a pitchfork party. THIS is what I hate about big government most of all. It always comes with a gun pointed at you, handcuffs, and prisons. We put too many people in jail to begin with in this country, and this will only add more. [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:14pm EST
  

• You got to be kidding me

  This is a joke. Charlie Crist, the establishment supported (NRSC) economic liberal governor of Florida and senate candidate now wants us to buy this.
  
  From The Hill
  
  
  
  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) is now denying that he endorsed the stimulus package, the same package he [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:56pm EST
  

• The races outside of Michigan

  Outside of Michigan, we had several races out there.
  
  Virginia was a blowout. Straight down the line.
  
  Bob McDonnell is a strong conservative. He's no liberal, not even a moderate. However, he won 59%-41% in a state that has two democrat senators, went for Obama, and' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:51pm EST
  

• Livingston Results (UPDATED) - Skiba was destroyed, Anderson and Vieau projected winners in Brighton Schools

  Hamburg Township sent a message with an exclaimation point. I predicted Skiba would be gone by a 60-40 percentage. I was way off.
  
  Hamburg's precincts are in, and the result is clear. With all precincts in, the numbers are this.
  
  Skiba Recall:
  Yes - 4227 - 79.21%
  No - 1104' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:00am EST
  

• Nofs blows out Griffin

  This is a blowout in the 19th district.
  
  Calhoun County Results - 100% in.
  Mike Nofs - 10919
  Marty Griffin - 5184
  Other - 998
  
  Jackson County Results  - 89% in
  Mike Nofs - 8041
  Marty Griffin - 5690
  Other - 472
  
  This one is [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:10pm EST
  

• Update

  VERY LOW turnout in Green Oak. I was number 34 at about 1PM. There were about 250 if you count all the absentees. That's still not much.
  
  I took a drive around. Hamburg turnout seemed low (although higher than Green Oak) in all but one station where there was a' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 2:00pm EST
  

• Biased tripe in the 3rd most leftist media outlet

  If I want to find a good left wing biased media source, I can always count on MSNBC with that little wuss Keith Olberman, The New York Slimes, or the standard setters in the media, the AP/Associated Press. Those three set the standards of leftism.
  
  Normally, I don't even' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:55pm EST
  

• Election 09

  Tuesday is the first semi-major election day since Mr. Obama and his people took over Washington. There are no federal races outside of the special election in New York's 23rd district, however, so other dynamics besides the federal issues do matter.
  
  The biggest ones to watch are Virginia and' [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 11:36am EST