State of House races in MI

    Michigan currently has 15 seats in the US House of Representatives.  Of those 8 are held by Democrats and 7 by Republicans.  There are 3 seats in play this election, all of them held by Democrats.  If we can sweep them, it would change the makeup of the Michigan representatives to 10R/5D.  It would also be a nice contribution to regaining Republican control of the | Read More »

    Fiscal conservatism should have won

    Trot on over to the Club for Growth website. They have a very interesting election poll conducted on Sunday before the vote. It is commissioned by CfG so take the results with that grain of salt. Even so, the numbers are eye-popping. In my own opinion, it can be summed up as the following: the majority of voters favor fiscally conservative policies but they believe | Read More »

    Obama plays abortion card in MI

    Judging by the number of commercials I have been seeing on tv, Michigan is definitely a battleground state. Obama has been hitting McCain on the economy, using McCain’s quote from the primary about not knowing as much about the economy as he should. The other Obama attack is predictably trying to tie McCain to Bush, ending with the McCain voting record of 90% matching Bush.