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 […]

Sorry for so much MI-07 blogging lately but there’s just too much goodness emanating from my humble little Congressional District these days. This one actually made it to the front page of Daily Kos: Tim Walberg ain’t exactly a Harvard-trained surgeon. He only beat one in 2006. But the former Bible salesman turned one-term congressman oddly seemed determined to prove […]

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 […]

Popcorn time once again as far-right Tim Walberg and farther-right Brian Rooney battle it out for who wants to deny women their legal right to choose to have an abortion most. Yesterday, Walberg sent out an email that said this: Voters Never Have to Question Where I Stand Voters never have to question where I stand, my principles or priorities. […]

On Monday night, former MI-07 Congressman Tim Walberg (shown here with his friend Michele Bachman who, thankfully, did not attend), held a “townhall” meeting in Chelsea, MI to discuss “repealing and replacing the recently passed health care bill.” Given that Barack Obama will be president after the November elections, the premise of the townhall was pretty bizarre to begin with. […]

Our (not) good friend from Michigan’s 7th district, one-term former Congressman Tim Walberg, is holding a series of town hall meetings that “will focus on repealing and replacing the recently passed health care bill.” What is it about democracy that these Republicans hate so much? Because it means they lose sometimes??? Tim Walberg, as you may know, is the man […]

Neither my wife or I (or probably Waffle Guy himself) ever dreamed that Waffle Guy mania would sweep the internets. But, happily, it seems to be. Want proof? Here’s proof: That’s a Photoshopped version of my wife’s picture with Waffle Guy’s face replaced with Tim Urban, the guy that got the boot from American Idol last night. It’s from the […]

It’s masochism on my part, I suppose, but I have gotten on the email lists of the two leading GOP contenders who are seeking the nomination to challenge Congressman Mark Schauer (MI-07) this November. The leading leading contender is an odious man named Tim Walberg who held the position for only one term before being sent packing in 2008. His […]

A month ago, I blogged about how proud — really proud — Brian Rooney, candidate for the GOP nomination in MI-07, was that he had received the endorsement of far-right wingnut Erick Erickson. This week, Erick Erickson said on his radio show that he would threaten census workers who came on his property to ask him questions with a gun. […]