Having read numerous blog entries, articles and diaries on Daily Kos about hippy punching and whining prohibitions and bucking up demands I have become convinced and hereby issue this firm directive to all “base” Democrats: DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, VOTE FOR BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA OR JOE ROBINETTE BIDEN, JR. ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2010. If you do, you will be […]

I knew this was one of the top most-contested races in the country but I didn’t realize just how competitive it was until I learned THIS about the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) financial investment in it: The NRCC is going on the air in more than 30 districts on Monday, seeking bring the fight to Democrats in many competitive […]

Honestly, with all I know about Tim Walberg, Republican Tea Party candidate for MI-07, this shouldn’t surprise me. But … well … it does. Because as wrong-headed and bad for this state as Tim Walberg is, I never thought he was a complete and utter fool. Now he has gone and opened his mouth to, as they say, remove all […]

Less than 60 days, folks. That’s what we have left to get this done and prevent the GOPosaurs from shutting down Congress for the next two years. Don’t like Obama? Don’t like the Blue Dogs? Don’t like {fill in the blank}? Fine. I’m with ya on some of it. But right now is decidedly NOT the time to stand on […]

MI-07 Republican candidate Tim Walberg wasn’t for privatizing social security BEFORE he was against it, he is for privatizing security WHILE he is against it. Seriously. First we have this press release from the Walberg campaign: I have always opposed privatization of the Social Security system Then we have this quote from an interview Walberg did with the tea party-type […]

The Americans for Prosperity “NOVEMBER IS COMING!” tour slunk into Michigan yesterday in its Koch Industries-funded bus to rile up their conservative base with the typical fear-mongering we’ve come to expect from them and their Tea Party pals. But, when they got to both Jackson and Saline, they found nearly equal numbers of supporters of Democratic Congressman Mark Schauer as […]

Cross-posted at Blogging for Michigan. Democratic Congressman Mark Schauer (MI-07) is in one of the toughest Congressional races in the country this year. Facing off against former nemesis, bible salesman and Baptist minister, Tim Walberg, Schauer will soon face the prospect of conservative money which is sure to begin flowing into our district (as it did in 2008.) In fact, […]

Cross-posted at Blogging for Michigan. After yesterday’s primary in Michigan, Congressman Mark Schauer (MI-07) now has a general election opponent. As predicted, it’s a rematch against his former for Tim Walberg, a former bible salesman and Baptist minister. I’ve written about him before. The primary results are not yet a day old but Congressman Schauer has already sent two emails […]

This is rich. So, in 2008, Republican Joe Schwarz endorsed Mark Schauer for the MI-07 race and, of course, Schauer ended up narrowly defeating Tim Walberg. There has been very bad blood between Schwarz and Walberg ever since Walberg got the Club for Growth to kick the crap out of him (financially- and negative campaigningly-speaking) in the contested 2006 GOP […]

The fireworks in the Republican primary race in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District is rising to riotous proportions. The latest salvo comes from GOPosaur candidate Marvin Carlson (I know, I know: “Who???”) He’s helping spread the meme that (a) Brian Rooney is CINO (Conservative in name only) who’s using family money to bankroll his carpetbagging campaign and (b) Tim Walberg is […]

MI-07 GOP candidate Brian Rooney has enemies on all sides. First, he’s taking massive fire from supporters of his GOP opponent, Tim Walberg. In a scathing attack, Margaret Canham wrote letters to (at least) The Daily Telegram in Adrian, Heritage Newspapers and to the Battle Creek Enquirer laughingly accusing Rooney of being a closet liberal and hangout out with RINO […]