"Big government conservatism"

I saw this quote on the Michigan Gun Owners website. It bears repeating. "Big government by its very nature is government that intrude...

ANOTHER Roundabout?

Unbelievable....with a $500,000 price tag What's better, waiting two minutes at a stop sign while traffic blocks your way, or negotiatin...

2008 - Former Governor Jim Gilmore is in

I missed this from back during exams. Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore is in for 08. From CBS Jim Gilmore, a tax-slashing former Virgini...

Hold on to your wallet!

From the AP LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Thursday picked outgoing state Sen. Bob Emerson of Flint to be her new budget di...

President Ford - 1913-2006

Michigan's own. No one could have foreseen that the lessons of integrity Gerald R. Ford learned while growing up in Grand Rapids would ...

Pelosi spits on the First Amendment

Just like a typical rich leftist from San Francisco. One thing that is common. With few exceptions (Sometimes Feingold, but he can't be ...

Court OK's Issue Ads, eases part of McCain/Feingold

Big win for the 1st amendment. We'll see if SCOTUS has their head where it belongs. From the AP WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court on Thu...

2008 updates - Edwards running again, Hunter in Iowa

Edwards is running on socialized medicine Edwards Offers Progressive Agenda 12/16/2006, 2:04 p.m. ET By MIKE BAKER The Associated Press C...

Hey Granholm! NO tax increases.

It looks like we have a major push from the left and establishment RINOS for tax increases. First, the Constitutional change proposals from ...

MCRI - A WINNING issue

From Investors Business Daily Winning Strategy For Republicans: Getting Rid Of Racial Preferences BY THOMAS KRANNAWITTER Posted 12/18/2006 ...

Updates

Finally. The adventure known as law school exams - OVER - and there was a lot I missed. First off - The Washington Times may be jumping on ...

Heads up! Property Tax Raisers want to change Michigan's Constitution and eliminate safeguards

Not all of this is bad, but most of it certainly is. The stuff is supposed to be on the Citizens for Michigan website, but the details nor ...

Constitution changes? Heads up!

This was from MIRS and sent out from Saul Anuzis. Group Proposing Constitutional Changes A band of 20 Lansing long-time...

2008 - Kuncinich is in, Hillary talks about it

From the Detroit News Kucinich planning 2nd run CLEVELAND -- Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2004, ...

Exams

It's that time of year - law school exams. As my time belongs elsewhere right now, I probably won't post much until after December 2...

Interesting column in Human Events

From Human Events The dispute that pundits and pols in Michigan forecast would bring three months of internecine warfare over who would run ...

Brownback is in

Hat tip to Saul Anuzis . Sam Brownback is in for 2008. So far we have McCain, Rudy, Brownback, Hunter, Tommy Thompson and probably Romney, ...

McCain Democrats influencing GOP leadership

From the Sonoran Allance . This is disturbing. We don't need democrats picking our leadership. This is yet another reason for me to oppo...

Carl Levin running for re-election

From the AP WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Carl Levin said Monday he will seek re-election in 2008, citing the need to help shape the cou...

Argus interview with new chair

Allan Fillip was elected as the new chair of the county party. I think this is a good pick. He is a hard worker and doesn't play a lot o...

First "Power Rankings" after the election

The Political Derby released their first ratings after the November 06 elections. It's a site I keep up with. According to them, McCain...

Tom Vilsack is in for 2008

This is some bad news from a Republican Standpoint. Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack is running for president in 2008. He's an underdog, especi...

Tancredo visits MSU, Leftist go insane

From the Snooze A campus discussion about illegal immigration turned violent Thursday evening, when protesters clashed with the MSU College ...

Saul: Frist is out

According to Saul Anuzis, Bill Frist isn't running Frist is Out!!! I just talked to Bill Frist's political folks...he is out of the ...

Tom Tancredo in Michigan

I just got word that possible 08 Presidential candidate and current Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo will be in Michigan this week. Tancred...

County Party Leadership

Both the Republican and Democrat parties will have new county chairs. From the Argus Pine said she won't run for a third two-year term a...

Duncan Hunter in 08?

Right now, I'm looking for choice "C" in the primary. I think he's right more often than not on the issues of which I'...

Redistricting Editorial in the Argus

Dan Meisler of the Argus had an interesting editorial on redistricting. I cringe whenever politicians start talking about "the America...

Gun Grabber Mayor Convicted of Gun Crime

More hypocracy from the Guns for me, not for you crowd CNSNews.com) - A Mississippi mayor has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor weapons charges ...

More Big Government Statism from the Democrats

From the Lansing City Pulse. Governor pledges to approve a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants It was the most definitive sign yet that M...

Time for "Big Government Conservatism" to end

Two good editorials from the right. One from Human Events, and the other from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. I have excerpts here, but recom...

DiShaw drops out, endorses Saul

I can't believe I missed this earlier. From Saul's blog Dave's a good guy who does a good job over in West Michigan. I wish him ...

No Spambots allowed

One individual chose to post the same exact advertising message on at least 8 different threads. Spambots are not allowed here. One post her...

Democrats push to reinstate the draft

Remember when Hanoi John Kerry suggested that Bush was going to bring back the draft? Well, it's the other party that wants to do so - a...

How To Turn '08 Into '94, By Newt Gingrich

How To Turn '08 Into '94, By Newt Gingrich An Open Memorandum to House Republicans By Newt Gingrich Posted Nov 15, 2006 RE: Reflecti...

GOP house blunders

from the AP Republicans Friday chose Rep. John Boehner as minority leader, succeeding Speaker Dennis Hastert in the top GOP leadership post ...

My parent's backyard

I don't see this too often. Too bad I don't have time to hunt this year, then I'd pray it goes across the street to state land.....

More on the State Chair race

A couple of developments in this race. I don't like to post a lot of internal information here, and did not post some of the underlying ...

Rudy is in for 08

From NY1 - Rudy is in Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has taken the first steps toward a 2008 White House run. Documents obtained by the Assoc...

Saul Anuzis for Michigan GOP Chair (and Stop McCain too)

I am endorsing the re-election of Saul Anuzis as state party chair. This was a tough year, and I don't think most of Saul's work did...

Human Events : Pence for Minority Leader

Human Events, an influential conservative newspaper endorses Pence. Pence for Minority Leader: When the now-defeated Republican majority in ...

Livingston Results

Dick DeVos - 57.01% Mike Bouchard - 54.43% Terri Land - 71.47% Mike Cox - 69.42% Mike Rogers - 63.63% (in county) Valde Garcia - 61.60% Chri...

Up North Values. The key for winning Michigan

I saw the brutal state results as well as results from our own county. Overall, we underperformed by about 5-6%, and dems overperformed by a...

Mike Pence for Minority Leader!!

It's no secret that I'm hoping that someone like Indiana Congressman Mike Pence or South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (Both electi...

Time for us to get up, walk it off, and be ready to fight

If you read this site, you've followed what happened in the elections. It looked like a Detroit Lions game against the Bears. What we f...