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Michigan Primary

GOP frontrunners rally for support in Michigan, where each contender has strong political support

GOP rivals are zeroing in on economic issues ahead of the Jan. 15 primary in Michigan. John McCain won Michigan in 2000, but he must battle it out with Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, whose father governed the state in the 1960s. The other GOP hopefuls are putting less focus on Michigan; because Michigan's early primary date violates party rules, it has been stripped of half its GOP delegates and all of its Democratic ones.

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May 2008
- Dems Seat Fla., Mich. Delegates as Half-Votes
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 31, 08 6:45 PM CDT
  
  Democratic officials voted today to seat Florida and Michigan primary delegates as half-votes, the AP reports. At a boisterous hearing, delayed by nearly 3 hours of private talks, the party seated Florida delegates based on the state's primary vote, with 105 for Clinton and 67 for Obama. The Michigan deal was more complex, giving 69 of the half-votes to Clinton and 59 to Obama. More »
- DNC Lawyers: Only Half of Fla., Mich. Can Be Seated Saturday
  
  newser | Talking Points Memo | May 28, 08 2:06 PM CDT
  
  By Democratic Party rules, the long-awaited committee meeting on Saturday is authorized to re-seat no more than half of the outlaw delegations from Florida and Michigan, party lawyers have advised in a new memo. The Rules and Bylaws Committee is required to maintain a penalty for the leapfrogging states that cuts their original delegate counts at least by half, the AP reports. More »
- Michigan Settles on Delegate Plan
  
  newser | Detroit News | May 8, 08 8:33 AM CDT
  
  The Michigan Democratic Party agreed yesterday to a plan to split its delegates to the August convention: The state wants to award 69 to Hillary Clinton and 59 to Barack Obama, who did not appear on the ballot in the primary, which was voided because it broke party rules. Michigan would also seat 29 superdelegates, reports the Detroit News . More »
March 2008
- Michigan Rep. Floats New Plan to Seat Delegates
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 31, 08 3:27 PM CDT
  
  A new plan from a Michigan congressman would apportion about half the state's Democratic delegates based on its outlaw January primary and the other half according to national popular-vote tallies, the AP reports. “The last thing we want to do as Democrats," Bart Stupak wrote to Democratic Party chief Howard Dean, "is to disenfranchise voters.” More »
- Primary Do-Over Chances Collapse in Michigan
  
  newser | Detroit Free Press | Mar 20, 08 7:20 PM CDT
  
  Chances of a new primary being held in Michigan all but disappeared today as the state Senate adjourned without taking action, the Detroit Free Press reports. Senate leaders said it was pointless to take up the plan because the Clinton and Obama camps disagreed on how to go about it. Most observers considered today the last chance to act because the Senate now leaves on spring recess. More »
- Florida Dems Nix Primary Do-Over
  
  newser | Miami Herald | Mar 17, 08 7:24 PM CDT
  
  Florida Democrats reacted to weeks of political wrangling today by ditching plans for a mail-in revote, the Miami Herald reports. "Thousands of people responded," Florida Democratic Party chair Karen Thurman wrote. "The consensus is clear: Florida doesn’t want to vote again. So we won’t." But she said the Sunshine State still isn't calling it quits. More »
- Mich., Fla. Closer to Approving Re-Votes
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Mar 9, 08 5:50 PM CDT
  
  Michigan and Florida senators appeared closer today to approving mail-in re-votes for their disqualified primaries, the Swamp blog reports. DNC chair Howard Dean said he also supported the mail-ins if state leaders can agree with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on how to run them. “I have to run these rules so that the losing side feels it’s been treated fairly,” he said on “This Week with George Stephanopolous.” More »
- Mich., Fla. May Yet Be Hillary Key
  
  newser | Salon | Mar 5, 08 1:43 PM CST
  
  Despite big wins yesterday, Hillary Clinton still needs a secret weapon to make up her delegate deficit and, Walter Shapiro writes in Salon , her strategy might have been presaged in Ohio by Gov. Ted Strickland urging, “Let’s go to Michigan and Florida." Do-over votes in those states, whose primaries weren't recognized by the Democratic Party for violating scheduling rules, could be her next push. More »
January 2008
- Why Rudy Fell So Far, So Fast
  
  newser | New York Times | Jan 30, 08 7:05 AM CST
  
  How did the man who took summer polls by storm fall so precipitously in the esteem of GOP voters that he was finished by Florida, the state he chose for his first big victory? It could be the hubris, the inexperienced campaign team, the strategic mistakes—or it could be that "the more Republican voters saw of Mr. Giuliani, the less they wanted to vote for him," conclude Michael Powell and Michael Cooper in the New York Times . More »
- Mitt-mentum: How Far Will It Go?
  
  newser | Time | Jan 16, 08 11:09 AM CST
  
  Mitt Romney finally got his gold medal last night in Michigan, but the win has analysts wondering whether his home-state comeback can carry the country. Michigan was, after all, the land of his father, a three-term governor in the Big Three's glory days; there was a nostalgic haze around the campaign the last few days, Salon notes. His message was so focused on the state, "you almost got the idea that the winner would go on to be president of Michigan," writes Mike Madden. More »
- Romney Wins on Economic Woes
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jan 16, 08 6:40 AM CST
  
  Mitt Romney campaigned in Michigan as a favorite son, but he beat John McCain by persuading voters he could bring jobs back to the beleaguered state, the Wall Street Journal reports. Romney sold himself as a business executive who could end Michigan's "one-state recession." He was quick to jump on McCain's suggestion that lost jobs "are not coming back," and his aggressive optimism struck a resounding chord . More »
- GOP Field Lacks Frontrunner
  
  newser | New York Times | Jan 16, 08 3:45 AM CST
  
  Mitt Romney's Michigan win leaves the outlook for the GOP as muddied as before, writes the New York Times . So far in the race, three different Republican candidates have won three different states appealing to three different sets of voters. With South Carolina and Nevada voting this weekend, the GOP race could soon have five frontrunners. More »
- Romney Wins Michigan Primary
  
  newser | MSNBC | Jan 15, 08 8:06 PM CST
  
  Native son Mitt Romney won the Michigan primary tonight, salvaging his campaign and scrambling the Republican race anew, MSNBC reports. With 99% of returns in, Romney had 39% of the vote, John McCain 30%, and Mike Huckabee 16%. Ron Paul finished a distant fourth, but he had nearly as many votes as Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani combined. More »
- Mitt Outplayed Mac in Michigan
  
  newser | National Review | Jan 15, 08 5:39 PM CST
  
  With Great Lakes State voting booths not quite closed—and polls tied—pundits are already writing post-mortems on the two-Republican race, and giving Mitt Romney the campaigning edge. The New Republic ’s Jonathan Cohn and Henry Payne in the National Review agree that Mitt hit his stride, convincing Michiganders he’s the man to inject optimistic business sense into the flailing auto industry. More »
- Romney Sr. Cronies Ditch, Rebuke Mitt
  
  newser | New York Times | Jan 15, 08 8:16 AM CST
  
  Mitt Romney might have expected to ride the legacy of his late father, the former Michigan governor, to a victory in today's primaries. But old friends of George Romney aren't thrilled with the politics of his son, the New York Times reports. "I think George Romney would despair of what Mitt has done in order to become the candidate of the conservative extreme right of the GOP party," said Walter DeVries. More »
- McCain Holds Narrow Edge in Mich.
  
  newser | Reuters | Jan 14, 08 7:57 AM CST
  
  John McCain holds a slim lead over Mitt Romney going into tomorrow’s primary in Michigan, according to the latest Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll. The Arizona senator leads Romney 27% to 24%, within the poll’s margin of error. “It’s very close, and it’s been very close every day that we’ve polled,” says pollster John Zogby. Mike Huckabee holds third with 15%; everyone else is in single digits. More »
- Romney Gets Personal in Michigan
  
  newser | Politico | Jan 13, 08 10:04 PM CST
  
  You can go home again, Mitt Romney is finding in Michigan, where the GOP presidential candidate has adopted a softer approach as he vies for a badly needed primary victory in the state where he was born and raised and his father was governor. Voters are responding to the more personal approach, and polls show him gaining ground against John McCain. He's telling Michigan residents he shares their pain, and, for a change, he seems sincere, Politico says. More »
- Romney Leads McCain in Michigan: Poll
  
  newser | Politico | Jan 13, 08 6:30 AM CST
  
  Mitt Romney has grabbed an 8-point lead over closest rival John McCain heading into the Michigan primary, according to the latest MSNBC/McClatchy poll of the state's voters. Romney needs the good news: he has reduced advertising in South Carolina and staked his continuing candidacy on Michigan. The poll puts Romney at 30%, McCain at 22%, and Mike Huckabee at 17%. The field winds up with Fred Thompson at 7%, Rudy Giuliani at 6% and Ron Paul at 5%. More »
- Needing Win, Romney Attacks McCain in Mich.
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jan 12, 08 6:45 PM CST
  
  After huge cash infusions won him second place in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mitt Romney is seizing on hopes for economic—and campaign—rejuvenation in his home state of Michigan, the Chicago Tribune reports. In a GM plant where 200 workers were just laid off, Romney attacked policies today that have let jobs disappear "again and again and again"—part of his strategy in a state where 7.4% are out of work. More »
- Clinton Unveils $70B Fix for Economy
  
  newser | Reuters | Jan 11, 08 8:25 PM CST
  
  Hillary Clinton upstaged her rivals today by proposing $70 billion in emergency spending to help avoid a US recession, Reuters reports. Her plan would include $30 billion for homeowners, $25 billion for families with high energy bills, and another $15 billion aimed at unemployment insurance and alternative energy plans—all on borrowed money. "I don't think we can wait," Clinton said during a stop in California. More »

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Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney raises his hand while speaking to supporters at a primary watch party in Bedford, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. Romney pledged a long... (Associated Press)

US Senator and Presidential Candidate John McCain (R-AZ) waits... (Getty Images)

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy wave to supporters on election night in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. McCain won the New Hampshire Republican primary,... (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee shakes hands as he walks to the podium in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with his wife Janet Huckabee, right, speaks at his primary watch party in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopefuls, (L-R), Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee... (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., following his New Hampshire primary election victory, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to supporters gathered at a street corner in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (Associated Press)

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., following his New Hampshire primary election victory, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks at a campaign stop in Grand Rapids Mich., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (Associated Press)

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