2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination, Michigan-Style!

by: Michael McGuinness

Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 19:34:23 PM EST

In the newspapers and in our living rooms, we are already being inundated with intrigue and inuendo regarding the nominating process for our 2008 presidential candidate. In fact we've been inundated with it even before the votes had been cast in 2004.

Believe it or not, a few presidential aspirants  have already made their intentions officially known. Whether they have made it official or not, some have already ventured to Michigan (a few on numerous occasions).

This is true for both the Democratic and Republican parties, but it is even more pronounced on the GOP side. For the purposes of digesting and determining who our standard bearer shall be, there is much to discuss.

I do not deliberate on this topic at the expense of making down-ballot gains or helping our Democrats now in power govern effectively. There are important nonpartisan (at least officially) municipal elections that will take place before a single caucus or primary vote will be cast.

I recognize and relish that, but I also recognize the importance of our presidential nomination. You should not feel guilty for thinking about it, either.

At no time in our nation's history since 1952 have the presidential nominations for both parties not involved either a presidential or vice presidential incumbent in either race. Thats a pretty big deal. It also heightens the political implications of the election's outcome, since it will probably chart the relative success and failure for the respective major parties for quite a few election cycles to come.

So, with that, lets talk about it.

2008 Bipartisan Presidential Tournament of Michigan

by: Republican Michigander

Sat Apr 08, 2006 at 11:41:30 AM EDT

The tournament is in the sidebar on my blog - http://www.republicanmichigander.blogspot.com

The format is an NCAA tournament style format. All matchups are one on one with the first seed matches up with a 16th seed, etc. 

Today starts part 2 of round one. The first round for the democrats start today. Polls will be open until Tuesday, when Round two will begin.

Until the final round, democrats will be facing democrats and republicans will be facing republicans. The championship matchup will be of the winning republican vs the winning democrat vs common third parties who are on Michigan's ballot.