Medicare whiteboard battle: Cutter thrashes Romney, with truth

August 17, 2012 By 3 Comments
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You remember Mitt Romney & the whiteboard? Lie lie lie. How much of a lie? There ya go. I love the direct response of this video. The Obama campaign in general is doing a good job. It’s nice to see a Democratic campaign that isn’t afraid to fight. No offense John Kerry. Al Gore. Etc. [...]

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Recap: Protest Against Romney and His Proposed Policies

June 26, 2012 By 1 Comment

Last week, we traveled around Michigan while Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney went on a bus tour through the state. Hundreds of our supporters loaded up buses to Troy, Dewitt, Frankenmuth and Holland to protest against Romney’s business practices and show their disdain for his proposed policies. WATCH: In Dewitt, Mich., Good Jobs Now activists [...]

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Voter ID Laws Are An Attack on Democracy

June 1, 2012 By 1 Comment
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[youtube]http://youtu.be/gBT7T1YYgb8[/youtube] On May 22, 2012, the Michigan House Redistricting and Elections Committee voted to approve Senate bills 751, 754 and 803, which would make it harder for people to vote. The proposed laws would require registered voters to provide two forms of identification (or birth certificate) when hitting the ballot box. It would also create [...]

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President Barack Obama in Ann Arbor Michigan – January 27, 2012

January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

President Obama visited our fine state today to talk about making higher education more affordable. He comes on day when the Detroit Free Press released poll results showing him clobbering the top two Republican contenders for the nomination, Newt Gingrich and Mitt rMoney: President Barack Obama heads to an event in Ann Arbor today holding [...]

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Presidential Primary Follies

January 6, 2012 By 2 Comments

Across Michigan, absentee ballot applications for the Feb. 28 Presidential Primary are even now being received by many permanent absentee voters, and some of them, if they are Democrats, are scratching their heads and wondering why they heard something about a party caucus in May, and what the connection is, if any. We are already [...]

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Pete Hoekstra: President Obama should return Nobel Peace Prize in display of bipartisanship

October 24, 2011 By 2 Comments

Pete Hoekstra, candidate to unseat Debbie Stabenow as Michigan Senator, has an idea: President Obama should return his Nobel Peace Prize. Why? I don’t know. You read it and see if you can figure it out. (Sorry, it’s a Newsmax link.) My point here is not so much to criticize President Obama as it is [...]

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Presidents Barack Obama and Lee Myung-bak from South Korea in Michigan (PHOTOS)

October 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This past Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited a GM plant in Lake Orion, Michigan. The visit was, in part, a celebration of a new trade pact between our countries. Unlike previous free trade agreements, Democrats were able to win protections for American workers that will help guard against [...]

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Why not one question about the Republican plans to voucherize Medicare & turn Social Security over to Wall Street?

August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

There was a Republican rumble in Iowa last night – as Fox so-called News hosted eight Republican candidates for their very own debate which featured not even one single question about the Republican plans to voucherize Medicare, turn Social Security over to Wall Street, and end all support to college students. The debate was filled [...]

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Video: President Obama’s Message on the Debt Agreement

August 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

President Obama lays out the agreement he reached with congressional leaders to meet our financial obligations and reduce our debt in a video to supporters.

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Absit Omen

September 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment

This post was originally published by Maryscott O’Connor crossposted from MY LEFT WING “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” This election marks a potential turning point [...]

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Saving the American Dream

July 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Video of the event is on YouTube. About 50 energized Democrats joined Congressman Dale Kildee and I on the corner of Dort Highway and Davison Road this morning in Flint (click for a link to a story from WEYI about the event).  We were just outside the rusting gate of the old AC Delco plant. [...]

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I want you to know

June 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment

This post was originally published by Xavier Hillary just sent out the following message to her supporters: Dear Friend, I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 [...]

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