Primary results open thread.

swami7774

Arkansas:
http://www.votenaturally.org/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=221&contestid=4

SC:
http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/16117/27188/en/summary.html

Nevada:

http://www.ktnv.com/Global/link.asp?L=444824

There might be better ones out there.

zr2x4

has a live feed too, for each race.

http://www.politico.com/2010/maps/

Hiloconservative

Wow, for us political junkies this is the midterm version of Super Tuesday. I figure Jim Gibbons in Nevada and Ma Lincoln in Arkansas will bite the dust
before its all over. I’m hearing some others, most notably in New Jersey are facing multiple challengers. Anyone from the Garden State know how those are going?

JoeG

In the lead with 1300 votes so far…

IJB

Though the latter’s only with about 23% in.

sacody

I’m watching the governor and congressional primary. Like clockwork the Republican primary has picked our governor for the last 30 years. It will also be interesting to see who will be taking on Herseth-Sandlin, the supposed Blue Dog.

swami7774

Politico’s SC numbers are way ahead of the sec of state site.

Christine (Trelaina)

..but short of 50% so far. Of course it’s pretty early in the count. I would hate to see a runoff, but if one is needed it would be good if she held clear first place going into it.

swami7774

Very difficult to win 50+1 in a multi-candidate field unless the other candidates are complete cretins.

JadedByPolitics

at least that is what is being said on Twitter because the State site SUCKS!

dvdmsr

I thought I heard some where that with 40%(+) she can avoid a runoff.

Scope

Hurt ahead in VA 5th is going to PO alot of people. There have been threats of a third party candidate running if Hurt won the primary. I think most are Po’d because Hurt is seen as the establishment candidate. Eric Cantor was on local radio a few months ago praising his “good freiend” Robert Hurt. He sure raised the most money, and in this race, money has been everything. His radio ads have been non-stop for the past week. Sad that it only takes money to win a primary. It should be about the candidates experience and positions. Hurt supported some bad things while being a State Senator. Probably the saving grace of not having a third party candidate, I think, is the filing deadline for third parties was a 5 PM today. We will see what happens. There are many many people in the 5th that will allow Tom Perriello to win again, stupidly, just to keep the liar, and he is, out of office.

swami7774

Long thread on this earlier today.

swami7774

So says AP(which is never wrong).

swami7774

up 45-23 over Barret, 20% in.

Scope

I have heard this week that the D’s, the Perriello Soros supporters, were calling on D’s to come out and vote for Hurt today. They know how much many of the R’s are against Hurt. With a Hurt candidacy, it is a gain for Perriello. Who doesn’t think the D’s are crafty and serious about Socialism? Charlottesville is a D bastion, and, they also have the heaviest population, which controls the vote in the district.

Scope

on this day. That means Perriello will win again in November. No question.

ktsub

Let them be PO’ed he ran a better campaign, and will have the only chance in Nov.

Christine (Trelaina)

with 28% reporting. Fantastic!

IJB

Tea party types need to be careful – if they take their marbles and go home after they’re beaten fair and square in a primary, I don’t think they’re going to receive much of a welcome from those of us that are party regulars.

I didn’t want Hurt to win, but now that he has, everybody in VA-05 better get down to business to defeat Perriello, or there’s going to be hell to pay…

swami7774

29% in.
Maybe she can pull this off.

earlgrey

Seems it is already crossed off the list of potential R pickups?

Scope

Are you Kelly that posted on every post known to man in the 5th advocating your candidate ad nauseum? To the point where you were obnoxioux that everyone got so tired of? Are you that lawyer ?

Hurt ran a terrible campaign. He didn’t even show up at most debates that every other candidate did show up at. Over the 22 weeks that local radio had Friday debates, he can’t argue his way out of a box, let alone to debate the fast talking, spinning, Tom Perriello. If he has any chance of winning in November, which is slim, the Washington establishment will have to match the Perriello 1.9 million war chest, and, that is as of now. To get rid of Perriello, who you never disparaged, if you are that Kelly, won’t have enough money to buy a seat for Hurt. They are the facts. There have been major Tea Party people that believe- anyone but Hurt. Sad that money can buy seats. That’s what I hate most about politics. Only money wins, not principles.

http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com Don’t Tase Me Bro

I think Haley is going to come up just short of 50%. It looks like she’ll be facing Gresham Barrett in a run off. Vincent Sheheen has won the Democratic primary without a run off.

septembergurl

for me. Fun!

I was born in Spartanburg, South carolina, and always follow the political news in the Palmetto State, especially the 4th CD. How happy am I to see Bob Inglis, spineless RINO, handed his walking papers, by the voters in Spartanburg-Greenville? He will not even make a run-off, Mwa-ha-ha! In other Sc news, Jim DeMint cruises to re-election, Nikki is winning (maybe not avoiding a runoff)! Great news all around!

I live in DC and follow elections in VA and Maryland closely. There are republican congressional primaries tonite, won by Hurt in 5th CD to run against Connolly, and Finian in 11th to run against Pereillo, and Murray in8th to run against Moran. The first two are freshmen who came in with Obama tidal wave in 2008. Moran will be harder to beat.

Waiting for results in Arkansas, Nevada, Cal, ND, etc.

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

Unless Barrett (or whoever does finish in second) concedes.

chipbennett

Can she pull out another 1.6% from the remaining 35% of precincts yet to report?

swami7774

…it appears Lincoln might pull this out. She;’s up 54-46 early, but Halter is underperforming all over the state.

Scope

It’s been a major mess for quite awhile. I can promise you, there is an anybody but Hurt sentiment, big time. I don’t know where ktsub is coming from, Hurt didn’t even show up at most debates. When he did the few times, he acted like I have the nomination, get over it. Over 22 weeks of radio debates on local radio, he never brought the first thing to the debates except talking points. He supported the largest tax increase in VA’s history, under D Mark Warner. He supported a transportation tax increase that was later overturned by a VA court as Taxation without representation. He supported Tim Kaines Gardicil mandate. There is more, but that is the most important. There were many that had a problem with the NRCC recruiting him to run. Erick Cantor, the NRC and the NRCC supported him from very early on. His donations are from the elites. This is not going to end well. If anything will save Hurt, and the Republican candidate here, it was the deadline today at 5 PM for third party candidates to file. We will see what happens. There will be outrage. The R’s that decided on a primary, you know those that CW talks about, rather than a convention, are now replaced, unfortunately a little too late. Hurt would have never made it. An expensive primary was Hurts wet dream. The D’s helped.

Section9

All she needs is 50% plus 1 voter!

Let’s go, girl!

http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com Don’t Tase Me Bro

Sooooo close……

http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com Don’t Tase Me Bro

If we had the 40% rule like North Carolina Haley would have this in the bag.

http://hillbillypolitics.com Steph C

There’s a certain satisfaction at seeing Bauer languishing at 12%.

IJB

Not that it matters – either is going down 60%-40% to Boozman in November.

IJB

…But I think the hard 50+1 rule to avoid a runoff is dumb.

The cutoff for runoffs should be more like 45% or 42% – 40% for runoffs for sure- but a hard 50+1 cutoff is pretty dumb IMO.

IJB

This is starting to look like the VA-08 primary race earlier in the evening. Could go down to the wire.

earlgrey

I am hoping that we are doing the things we need to do to change the repubican establishment. I am in the mid-South which is pretty conservative, but it does sound like there have been some pretty liberal Rs on the coast.

Erick was right when he said we needed to change that. I hope everyone that participates on this site giets involved with their local party to fix it.

I hope we get some good news tonight.

ffc99

Inglis has at least forced a runoff. I’ll admit to admiring him for some of the outside the box positions he’s taken over the past few years (not all of them, but some…).

crassus

A multi-term incumbent gets only 26% of the vote. Talk about complete repudiation.

IJB

earlgrey

Was he big into the Global Warming (man-made) issue? He sounded like such a jerk on the radio if this is the guy I am thinking of. He was trashing some conservative, but I don’t remember who it was.

I just kept thinking how would they get rid of him. It is one thing to take a seat from a D, but how do you get the right R to take a seat from another R. .

fideist

Anyone have the results?

IJB

In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if he announced he was bowing out of the runoff tomorrow.

IJB

He won 58%-42%.

crassus

He loves talking down to the people that live in his district. It is not surprising that they can not stand him, given that he detests them so much.

chipbennett

Politico appears to be calling it for a runoff.

Scope

Hurt will be running against Perriello in the 5ht district. I don’t know about any other districts. Maybe someone else can speak to the 11th district.

jenniferjmilleresq

but AP called it a runoff

IJB

56-44.

I think Fimian’s odds in VA-11 have been underrated this year – this could be an under-the-radar upset in November for the GOP…

earlgrey

If that is true, than what does that say about November. That is a really lousy figure. I would have thought there would have been more enthusiasm.

Is the GOP in VA disorganized or inept? Are there no real conservatives. Maybe the tea is starting to cool off.

IJB

Just House primaries – that tends to really depress turnout, when there are no statewide or local races on the ballot, just U.S. House race primaries.

(Still, as it is, several of those GOP primaries in VA had 40,000 votes or more in the Primary – that’s not bad considering the circumstances…)

septembergurl

It’s Hurt against Pereillo in the 5th, Finian against Connolly in the 11th and Murray aginst Moran in the 8th. In theory Republicans could win all three but more likely the first 2.

Section9

Now she has to run against Barrett in 2 weeks.

Who, I think, she beats handily. It’s just that it’s a two-week campaign she doesn’t need.

However, the fall campaign will get started in earnest.

http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

I’m in District 08, and voted this morning at 7:40 am. There was one person ahead of me and one person behind me.

VA has an open primary, so regardless of whether the 2.9% figure is for Republicans eligible to vote or all registered voters, meaning possible at most 9% of Republicans voted, that’s not very good.

qixlqatl

Shows Nikki Haley with 50.35%, as far as I can tell…Oh, I see, that’s an “unofficial” number.

http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/16117/27274/en/summary.html

qixlqatl

zr2x4

1 house race. No senate or govenors to help persuade people, i don’t think it tests the mood of that electorate.

http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

I’d be interested in what party had a higher turnout. My district only had 2 Republicans running for one spot. There was no Democrat primary. I’ll look for numbers where there’s a high-profile Republican race and high-profile Democrat race in the same district and do a comparison. Actually, now that I think of it, the easier way to figure out what this means is just ask Michael Barone..

qixlqatl

GO NIKKI!!

IJB

With about 50% in.

zr2x4

results haven’t poured in from saluda county and only 31.8% of chester has been counted. Maybe there is still a chance? She only needs 1 more point

Scope

the DC elites picking and choosing candidates that they want sitting next to them in Washington. I have said, many times before, Eric Cantor is a Big Gov. kinda guy. It mystifies me why so many think he is a conservative. We that live in his district know better. He also supported Scozi in NY 23rd, and a copy of his $5,000. check to Scozzi has been posted everywhere. After he talked up his friend Robert Hurt, on local radio, he has never been invited back. I posted a comment on his website, as a constituient, criticizing his major support for supporting Cash for Clunkers. My comment was deleted. He never gets anyone to primary him. He is looked at as a R rockstar. His wife works for a bank that got TARP funds, which he voted for. Not many talk about that. After talking on local radio saying that the R’s just wanted to get their say on Obamacare, and their ideas to “fix” the bill, I didn’t think he would ever be on air again. Then he comes on and supports someone no one, and I mean no one supports. Every time he is on, there are a flurry of calls against him. He’s like John McCain, he owns the district.

proudgop

they feared no one would get over 35% which would of lead to GOP convention

Noem is leading barely over Nelson in SD

does anyone know if Diane Gooch won in NJ?

IJB

jenniferjmilleresq

I envision all the guys endorsing Barrett, but on the flip side, it will only bolster her contention that it’s all a big fraternity of good ole boys. My husband made a good point though just now. Haley’s being in the runoff will help Bill Connor in the Lt. Gov. runoff.

http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

More of a theoretical “What if?”, as the following scenario is highly unlikely, buth theoretical possibility. happen. I was actually thinking of earlier this afternoon after reading some interesting posts from an earlier discussion of 40% + 1. I read the link with the officials rules (thanks for the link), but the definitions of the terms were never defined and remained ambiguous.

Background: Several years ago (pre-2000), I lived in California and there was a run-off in the Mayoral election. I didn’t like either of the two remaining candidates, but believed it was also important that I vote. So I didn’t punch out either candidate’s perforated box and dropped by ballot in the ballot box. Does my vote count as one of the total “votes cast” or total “votes cast for the candidates”?

Whenever I hear someone tell me, “None of the candidates are any good!” I say, “That’s okay. You don’t have to vote for them. There’s always a local school board race or a proposition on the ballot, though.” Vote or die.

nvrepub

nt

Scope

the anti-Hurt sentiment is pretty strong in the 5th. Lots of threats that if Hurt won, there would be at least one 3rd party challenge. As I said, the saving grace is that any 3rd party challenger had to file by 5PM today. We shall see. I promise Hurt is not well liked, mainly by the Tea Partiers.

IJB

http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/new-jersey/6

IJB

With 63.5% in, it’s back to 51-49 for Lincoln.

lineholder

drew in more votes than both of her Democrat opponents combined. I hope that bodes well for November. Check out the link for Politico in above post then look at site election map for totals.

IJB

Because that’s their choice.

There aren’t any ‘do overs’. Whether they like it or not, Hurt beat them (badly).

They either get on the train now, or get blamed if Perriello pulls this out.

I know which choice I’d make…

Scope

n/t

IJB

The voters did.

I don’t like it anymore than you do when people like Walter Jones skate.

But it’s them, or the Dems. In 2010, that’s no contest.

proudgop

State Senator Zaun won GOP nod to take on Boswell

IJB

With about 40% in. The ME results have been really slow coming in.

Still don’t know if ME has a runoff – if not, it looks like LePage wins this.

tngal

Local issues may come in to play. a half a cent sales tax here, a “temporary tax” there, a fee levy somewhere else- all come into play. Throw a property tax hike for education in there and boom – expect an increase in turnout. Also some camps are putting issues on ballots to attract voters. Several states had measures which involved the recent healthcare reform law. Like stopping the “individual mandate”.

Voters have lost trust with politicians who offer only words. They now believe what’s in their wallet. Its tangible. They can count it, see it see it, smell it, and watch as it diminishes.

qixlqatl

was twice democratic turnout.

http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

I went to RealClearPolitics, and it doesn’t look like there was much polling.

But whether she ends up at 49.5% or 50.1%, her poll numbers are rising. Is there anyone out there in South Carolina that can tell me if there has been momentum for Nikki?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/governor/sc/south_carolina_governor_republican_primary-1360.html#polls

lineholder

The folks there deserve someone who is more vested in their interests than Inglis.

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IJB

http://hammerofreality.blogspot.com NickLevi86

Which would have been scary with a 20% winner. Looks like LePAge had a strong showing though.

Looks like he’ll face Libby Mitchel, the ultimate insider’s insider. She has been speaker of both Maine’s Legislature and Senate, and is going for the trifecta. Also a flaming liberal. You won’t see more contrast then here.

LePAge has a shot a wining too, as Maine is more libertarian in many ways than Liberal away from the Boston-lite coast.

lineholder

had just under 14k turn out to vote. All the other districts in VA ran between 30k-35k.

proudgop

Kristi Noem has won GOP nod to face Herseth in SD

Scott Sipprelle has won GOP nod to face Holt in New Jersey

IJB

I was wrong about any of them having +40,000 turnout – it looks like a lot were 30,000-35,000 turnout. Still, considering the circumstances, not too bad…

proudgop

Politico just put check mark near her?

qixlqatl

It does bode rather well for the general, assuming complacency doesn’t set in…

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proudgop

Sandoval has won GOP nod over current Governor Gibbons

lineholder

Close at this point with 13% vote in.

IJB

proudgop

this might be good news for GOP in AR 1 and AR 2

More liberal candidate is winning in AR 2 State Senator Elliot

http://hammerofreality.blogspot.com NickLevi86

Lepage is the “TeaParty” type candidate in the race. His victory is a good thing for us.

proudgop

you have any idea what part of Nevada returns usually come in first?

proudgop

Fmr Gov Branstad has won GOP nod for Governor in Iowa

LePage won GOP nod in Maine

Whitman looks like she will prevail easily in California

http://www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com SoFiMil

Since VA is an open primary state, the state #s don’t break things down.
Thanks for the #s, LineHolder.

It looks like overall, there was a little over 10% turnout, which relatively
speaking, I’m guessing is pretty good.

In May 2010, there were a 134,385 eligible voters in District 8, which is heavy Democrat. (Jim Moran is our Congressman.) Back of the envelope #s, if Rs, Ds, and Is, all have 1/3 of registered voters in the district, that means approximately 45,000 registered Republicans in District 8. In that case, possibly 31% of registered Republicans voted. If we adjust the numbers down to factor in fewer registered Republicans in the district. If I did these numbers correctly, that’s a fantastic turnout, and very encouraging for November. I wasn’t expecting this at all. I ran through the numbers once more, and it looks like I did everything correctly, but it still seems high.

http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/documents/2010_Statistics/May/Registrant_Counts_By_District_Type_Cong.pdf

ffc99

Carly is running away with it. 59% to 22% for Campbell and 17% for Devore.

proudgop

So more Republicans voted in SC, ND, SD, Iowa, probably Nevada too

More Dems voted in AR

Be interesting to see what turnout is in CA Dem vs GOP

IJB

(I actually voted for a winner in CA – for once!)

lineholder

No, I don’t know what part of returns come in first. But now it is Angle over Lowden, 6% gap, with 32% of vote in

lineholder

pretty early. I wasn’t expecting that so soon.

proudgop

She is up like Whitman

Denham is up in open CA congressional race

ffc99

they’ll be calling it for Fiorina shortly.

redpens

that’s going from nutty to super nutty

IJB

With 92% in.

proudgop

on Nevada Senate Race

Lowden margin in Clark Co.: 979 votes. Angle margin in Washoe Co.: 1,902 votes. That’s the whole story right there.

redpens

any minute now the call will come.

IJB

I would say that does not bode well for him for November…

lineholder

is close to even DEM vs. GOP.

IJB

proudgop

the republicans should of recruited better candidates against him and Cardozza

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

redpens

Let’s hope she beats Babs Boxer

lineholder

with 99.6% of vote in, but there is only 115 vote spread between the two. Little at 50.4% and Gooch at 49.6%

IJB

The fact that the winner of the GOP primary is pulling in 75% is a good sign.

Also there are about as many GOP votes as Dem votes.

Costa shouldn’t take this for granted…

IJB

Are you going to claim that an incumbent losing 1/4 of the vote in a Primary is a *good* sign?!

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

I’m asking you why you think that.

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

Since Brown and Boxer are effectively unopposed.

IJB

Beasley Beesmeal

people don’t like dentists

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

Emmerson beat Bogh in the special state Senate primary a bit ago, and he’s a dentist.

Richard Mullins

No One likes a dentist as Politician.

Richard Mullins

You know the Orly Tainz kind. Sorry, after seeing that she’s a Dentist, some of that Gas to anesthetize Patients has gotten to her.

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

Beasley Beesmeal

he’s the devil we know

Richard Mullins

The law side. I’m guessing she was a C- Student in College. She couldn’t been smart to be what she is. A friend of mine has a Brother that’s a has a Law degree and is a Plastic Surgeon. Lives in Tucson and works in Phoenix.

IJB

…Is the fact that he’s very likely to be running against Gavin Newsom.

I’d vote for *The Devil* over Gavin Newsom… :/

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

I will put in time, effort, and money, for actual Republicans.

tess_in_va

Hurt is the establishment candidate, and he was hand-picked by the RINO’s.

themajorpain

Realizing some us are smarting after the primaries, has enough time passed for us to revisit this? The following posted at Mason Conservative as well:

I don’t understand. Am i wrong? Hold on let me check the instructions? GOD gave definite and clear cut instructions. Translation? There ain’t a gray area in sight. So everybody hold the phone on this entire subject of what is acceptable for a conservative candidate.

A conservative candidate believes what GOD already knows about us. GOD wrote THE book. When we follow those instructions GOD says “it will go well with us all our days”. Well what are those instructions? We start with The Ten Commandments. Don’t forget: The Constitution was based on those words. AND before during and after the writing of it, including the Bill of Rights, the debaters PRAYED. Is there any one of those commandments that we can toss to the side due to impracticality for this ‘enlightened age’? Not a one! Granted we all sin and fall short of GOD’s glory. But when we accept Christ as SAVIOR AND as our LORD we need to put serious effort into following HIS instructions.

This may sound like kicking a dead horse …to death …but there is a whole mess of things we got to get straight in this country. And they aren’t all financial. We do not have to stretch the imagination to see that more than one of those Ten Commandments is broken with a ‘sexually preferenced’ lifestyle. You quote Mr. DeMint as saying we need more than a partial conservative, a part-time conservative. Milktoast was the word you quote Mr. DeMint saying. I agree wholeheartedly. Hey no kidding. He is right. You are right for making that quote the first thing i saw when i visited your sight. The question? How could someone who professes to live contrary to moral principles embedded in our DNA be much more than a hindrance to GOD’s people? The nice thing about living in this country is we have the freedom to pursue whatever lifestyle we want. You want to be rich and famous. Go ahead. Drugs and booze. Jump in. It don’t matter. Even activity that is illegal. Try it. In this country the law enforcement must have, and be able to back up, probable suspicion. So if someone wants to delve into miscreant alternate sexually preferenced behavior, the cops cannot bust down the door and … … … interrupt. We are still here on earth because some of them have not heard your or my testimony about what JESUS did for. Don’t forget, with our sin nature in the way, CHRIST is the only reason that we can even pray to GOD. But unlike in other countries, there is no pressure to take up your load and follow CHRIST. Right now GOD’s patience is still with us.

To be honest have not done any research on Mr. DeMint. Can only pray and hope that he understands this is important and did not support Mr. Berry, or there should not have been any support from me. But here is the whole thing in a nutshell. When you go to church i’m going to guess that within the last year you have heard at least once 2 Chronicles 7:14 either referred to or read. Right? GOD wants us to fall on our face in prayer. THEN GOD will heal our land. A sexually preferenced lifestyle is not bracketed or exceptionalized or in any way conditioned as acceptable anywhere in the Scriptures. So how is it that A Christian can vote for someone with such a grievous nature and say “I want that person before all others to be my leader in Washington!”? when that kind of person cannot depart from activity that MOST people in this country recognize as wrong?

I know you thought this was over settled done and to boot i ain’t the most eloquent for delivering a message. Should you have the heart to delete this i’ll know this is still a sore subject. But it does answer the questions: 1-What is wrong with this country, and 2-Why hasn’t GOD answered our prayers.

a major pain in Virginia

checkmate2012

“A group that sought to force a recall of Michigan?s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said Thursday it?s calling it quits, citing a lack of support and the chilly political climate in the wake of the Wisconsin vote.” Also, “The organization?s leaders said in a web post that as of June 4 it had collected only 2,079 names on 655 petitions, well short of a target of 200,000 signatures by June 1.” from, ,http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/06/07/michigan-group-drops-governor-recall-effort/)

This is BIG news in the wake of WI and no one is talking about it (that I know of). gek, tell us more.

commonsenseobserver

I wonder how they wanted to obtain an 8-point swing.

checkmate2012

isn’t like a Yes or Yeah. I thought it was big news given WI context but apparently you don’t?

Bill S

Why did you post this on a two-year-old diary?

gekster

from:
http://annarbor.com/news/supporters-of-halted-snyder-recall-campaign-turn-attention-to-occupy-this-governor/?cmpid=mlive-@aa-river

A few choice excerpts:
“I was part of the decision to suspend the signature drive, but we certainly are not suspending our effort to stop the corporate destruction of Michigan,” BenDor told AnnArbor.com.
(a lower unemployment rate is certainly destroying Michigan)

Michigan Rising leaders plan to redefine their effort as “Occupy This Governor,” with a focus on keeping Snyder busy defending his policies between now and the 2014 election. They plan to coordinate public protests and promote alternative policies.
(accupy anyone?)

Sara Wurfel, a spokeswoman for Snyder, said the governor has been focused, and will stay focused, on the hard work of turning Michigan and its economy around.

“So many positive signs are happening ? more and better jobs, lowering unemployment rate, growing personal income. The list goes on,” she said. “There’s a growing recognition of that. The less divisive and more we can work together, the better off Michigan will be.”
(People getting jobs and not dependent on the state are good, and in a state that had been devastated by the lefty loon Grnb***h)

BenDor, who lives near Snyder in Superior Township, is listed as the record keeper in the Michigan Rising Super PAC’s organization paperwork filed with the state.

The group filed campaign finance reports in April showing it had raised just over $42,000 and spent a little more than $27,000, with a balance of nearly $15,000.

The money was spent on the group’s website, yard signs, T-shirts, office equipment, Facebook ads and other items like $2,000 for a Royal Oak company to live-stream a kickoff rally.

The PAC received more than $28,000 of its funding in the form of a direct contribution from Berkeley, Calif.-based Kos Media back in January.
(Kos, where have I herd that name before.Nevermind)

Its leaders say corporate interests in Wisconsin proved again that a huge funding gap can influence the ballot box.

“I think the amount of money that was poured into Wisconsin should frighten every patriotic American,” BenDor said. “There are a whole lot of negative things we’re going to have to address about the honesty and fairness of our election system.”
(again we don’t here of the union money spent in Wisconsin, but where was the union money in heavely unionised Michigan. It was absent)

That’s enough, read the article for more, and it is good.

gekster

It shows a liberal Republican,
Snyder, is better than a liberal Democrat,
Granb***h.

checkmate2012

(and no way to sort search results by dates unfortunately) and secondly, I could not find an “open thread” today, try try as I did, Yesterday, yes but not today and wanted to post in a proper place rather than threadjack.

Sorry for bringing up an old post but know there were several primaries on 6/5 and didn’t look at the results, just an appropriate place to post my thought. My bad.

I hope that future posts are able to include a year in the future for dummies like me.

checkmate2012

corporate destruction of Michigan

commonsenseobserver

Yes, it should be big news.

gekster

I look at the articles, and follow down until I find an open thread. If I don’t find one, I hit previous entries at the bottom until I find the most recent one.
All morning briefings are open threads, and if I can’t find a relating article, I will post there.
I hope that helps.
And posting to a two year old article is more funny then anything else.
I have noticed the no year thing also, but what the hay.
Bill just noticed, and wasn’t making a complaint. No worries.

Melody Warbington (rwm52)

is always an open thread. I think Caleb’s Daily Links page is as well.

checkmate2012

Thanks for the advice but look at today’s Morning Briefing. No where did it say open thread and hey, I’m an abide by the rules lady for the most part & even in kiplings last night, proved I’d read it and didn’t want diary scope. Man do I try to follow said rules and boom.

gekster

I havn’t seen anything you have done wrong on this site ever.
But I do have a bias, as I kunda like the female pursuasion.
Tends to leave me cut them some slack.
Call me sexist, but not so much lately.

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