Mark Ouimet, Washtenaw County Commissioner and candidate for the State House in the 52nd District, is being accused of inappropriately collecting tens of thousands of dollars of reimbursements for fees and expenses during his time as Commissioner. In a press release yesterday from the Washtenaw County Democratic Party, the details were revealed: Washtenaw County Democratic Party Chairman Stu Dowty today […]

This is no surprise. An Associated Press-GfK Poll shows whites without four-year college degrees preferring Republican candidates by twice the margin of the last two elections, when Democrats made significant gains in the House and Senate. I’m just sayin’…

Tim Walberg has finally agreed to a debate sponsored by the AARP bringing to four the total number of debates between him and Democratic incumbent Mark Schauer in Michigan’s 7th District. Walberg had been holding off on accepting the AARP’s debate invitation because he felt they were beholden to the Democratic Party, calling them a “Democratic organization.” Asked Thursday what […]

I’m sorry but the only description I can come up with after reading this is “weasel”. The Michigan League of Conservation Voters shouldn’t hold its breath waiting for Republican Rick Snyder to answer a questionnaire mailed to both gubernatorial candidates this week… The Ann Arbor businessman “doesn’t fill out questionnaires,” Snyder spokesman Bill Nowling said. Snyder plans to ignore the […]

The Hill is reporting that MI-07 Democratic incumbent Mark Schauer is now in a tied-up race with Tim Walberg. After trailing Walberg in the polls all summer, Schauer is now tied at 41%. Walberg leans among Independents by only 2% (37% to 35%). The tightest race among the 12 [polled] is in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, a contest that has […]

I have received four robocalls against Christine Green, the Democratic candidate for the 52nd state House district. The robocalls are from a woman who speaks without once saying where she’s from. She does not mention Mark Ouimet, Green’s GOP opponent. There are also literature pieces being mailed into the 52nd district. I have heard that these robocalls are happening in […]

The Mudflats blog revealed an email yesterday from Alaskan Senate hopeful and all around teabagger, Joe Miller. Turns out there’s a little trouble in paradise Alaska between Miller the Teabagger and Sarah Palin the Teabagger Annointer. Sarah promoted him (since he was the the teabagger candidate) and Joe Miller found a way to piss her off. The email in question […]

Trust me. It’s 46 seconds you won’t regret. No kid CAN resist a mud puddle. I’m just sayin’…

Last night, Rachel Maddow had actor Mark Ruffalo on last night to talk about fracking in New York and Pennsylvania. By now, you’ve surely seen the scene from “Gasland” where the guy lights his tap water on fire. This is due to fracking wells that pump chemicals and water into the bedrock shale to fracture it and release the natural […]

Dr. Rob Steele is running on the Republican Tea Party ticket against the Dean of the House, Congressman John Dingell. His campaign has been positively full of fail but today he reached a new level of fail and hypocrisy (or as I like to call it “GOPocrisy”.) He is having a “Second Amendment Rally” (Pig Roast, actually) and suggesting that […]

Cross-posted at Daily Kos. A Yahoo News Blog entry reports that the RNC is dialing back on its GOTV efforts due to a lack of funds. [T]he RNC has decided to end the long-standing practice of sending congressional staffers into hotly contested districts to make contacts with voters and assist the GOP’s midterm election efforts. A spokesman for the RNC […]