Endorsement Tuesday

Thx for the update!

But, the non-Macomb folks you listed are all Macomb folks :)

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by: MIChange @ Tue Feb 12, 2013 at 15:26:38 PM UTC

I'll fix that...

I was going for a "non-Macomb officials" officials thingy.

I'll fix to correct.

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Tue Feb 12, 2013 at 15:28:43 PM UTC

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Also

Rep. Harvey Santana has endorsed Lon.

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by: MIChange @ Tue Feb 12, 2013 at 15:27:14 PM UTC

From the OCDP: Meet Brewer, Johnson

Come Meet The MDP Chair Candidates...

MDP Chair Candidates:
Mark Brewer & Lon Johnson

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
5th Avenue
215 w. 5th Ave.
Royal Oak, MI 48067
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

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by: LH @ Tue Feb 12, 2013 at 17:44:18 PM UTC

Johnson will appear tonight at the OCDP Executive Committee meeting in Novi

Link: https://www.facebook.com/event...

Oakland County Democratic Party
Tues. Feb 12, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Novi United Methodist Church
41671 W. Ten Mile, Novi, MI 48375

After the meeting they plan to go to a nearby restaurant/bar to watch the State of the Union.

"The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." ~ Harlan Ellison

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by: helzapoppn @ Tue Feb 12, 2013 at 18:48:24 PM UTC

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Fouts & Notte

Kind of random question, since I can never quite find the answer, but aren't Jim Fouts and Richard Notte registered Republicans?  I mean, they aren't fire-breathing baggers or anything, but aren't both of them Republicans?  Was kind of surprised to see them endorsing in the inner workings of the MDP.

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by: MiddleGrandGuy @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 at 01:41:44 AM UTC

WTH?

MIRS Capitol Capsule, Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Bits And Tidbits

Warren Mayor Backs McCain U.S. Sen. John McCAIN's presidential campaign today announced that Warren Mayor Jim FOUTS prefers McCain for president. "John McCain is a proven fighter against wasteful government spending and has shown leadership in working with Independents, Republicans and Democrats," Fouts said. "John McCain alone has both the experience and courage under fire to become an excell...

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by: LH @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 at 01:48:01 AM UTC

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"Registered Republicans"?

I don't know what that term means in Michigan, since we don't have partisan voter registration.  If you are asking if they're paid members of the state Republican Party, that information isn't public, but I doubt it.

Notte, of course, is a former Democratic State Rep.  Judging by the petitions he signs, his votes in the 1992, 2008, and 2012 presidential primaries (the only elections Michigan has held where the party was recorded) and to whom he donates money, I'd say he's a Democrat with a strong ticket-splitting streak.

Fouts leans a little more Republican, but he's still an ambiguous case.  Of the ten contributions I can find to partisan candidates, nine went to Dems.  He voted Democratic in 1992, but Republican in the 2008 and 2012 presidential primaries - but so did I, since there wasn't much point in voting Democratic.

Both of them have donated to Democratic organizations other than candidate campaigns, which suggests they may also have paid for Democratic Party memberships - although I don't know that for sure, since that info is not public.

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by: Grebner @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 at 02:23:33 AM UTC

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Thanks

I guess what I was asking was whether they were Republicans, in general, as in, members of the party.  Registered was the wrong word, of course.  

But, this is exactly why I asked, because I wasn't sure.  I knew Fouts had Republican leanings.  I was less sure about Notte.

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by: MiddleGrandGuy @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 at 03:46:34 AM UTC

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Republicans

Notte's dem ties are far more solid than Fouts'.

Notte has worked for Democratic politicians in the past and is tight with the UAW.

Fouts ran for the legislature in 1978 as a Republican.  And of course, endorsed Senator McCain in 2008.

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by: Fez Marie Whatley @ Wed Feb 13, 2013 at 03:20:19 AM UTC