Staff Report
LIVEBLOG: Candidate Barack Obama in Lansing MI
[Ed. note: Ed Brayton and Todd Heywood have been on site at the Lansing Center, providing live coverage of the Obama campaign event today. Earlier coverage, Obama's speech and photos can be found below the jump.]
LIVEBLOG: MI state legislature clears the deck before summer break
[Ed. note: We are covering the end of Michigan's state house and senate session before lawmakers leave for summer break. Jim Fordyce is in the state capitol and will be sending us updates throughout the afternoon.]
5:20 pm –
We are still waiting to hear more from Jim at the capitol. There have been problems with spotty [...]
LIVEBLOG: Party under way at the Nuthouse with Obama campaign
Michael Blake, Interim Political Director of the Obama Campaign in Michigan will join Todd Heywood of Michigan Messenger after 9:15 p.m. for a live interview from the Nuthouse in Lansing.
“Give me a few minutes to let this sink in,” Blake said about the news on NBC that Obama was now the presumptive nominee.
[Ed. note: Following [...]
LIVEBLOG: Obama campaign event in Troy MI
Couldn’t get tickets or take time off to go to the Obama ‘08 event today? Not to worry; Michigan Messenger has two team members on site now at Troy High School to cover the Obama campaign event. Minehaha Forman is gathering opinions from the crowd now waiting outside and inside the venue, and Todd Heywood [...]
Preview: Obama in Michigan today
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, will be at Troy High School in Oakland County early this afternoon. The event may be the unofficial launch of Sen. Obama’s general election campaign as he is now approximately 46 delegates away from clinching the Democratic Party nomination, after Sen. Clinton’s win [...]
Catch our coverage of Obama and Edwards in Michigan
Too busy yesterday to follow Barack Obama’s first campaign visit to Michigan, or John Edwards’ endorsement? You can still catch it here at Michigan Messenger.
Minehaha Forman gathered voters’ reactions to Obama’s visit at Macomb Community College.
Todd Heywood attended the campaign event in Grand Rapids, and was the first to confirm John Edwards’ endorsement; you can [...]
PHOTOBLOG: Coverage of the Obama Campaign event in Grand Rapids
[Ed. note: Michigan Messenger Fellow Todd Heywood has been on site this evening covering Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign event in Grand Rapids at the Van Andel Arena. Be sure to catch the liveblog post as well.]
The crowd has dispersed now after the motorcade carrying Barack Obama and John Edwards pulled away. Of [...]
LIVEBLOG — Obama Campaign in Michigan featuring Edwards’ endorsement speech
[Ed. note: Here are periodic reports from the field as we follow the Obama Campaign event in Grand Rapids this evening. Be sure to catch Todd Heywood's photoblog post for more coverage before, during and after the event, and Minehaha Forman's coverage from Macomb Community College.]
FOLLOWING POSTED LIVE — NOT EDITED –
7:01 pm –
BARACK [...]
Michigan Messenger reporter Todd Heywood on Sirius Radio Out Q
Michigan Messenger Fellow Todd A. Heywood will be a guest on Michelangelo Signorile’s Out Q radio show at 3:30 p.m. EST today.
Heywood will be discussing the impact of the Michigan Supreme court ruling on same-sex domestic partner benefits, as well his disclosure about his HIV infection.
To tune in, people can download a free three-day trial [...]
Cedar Fest riots: MSU alum’s perspective
[Ed. note: We asked MSU alum Nolan Treadway to discuss his opinion of last week's Cedar Fest riot. We welcome your feedback in comments.]
After hearing about the events last weekend in East Lansing, I was brought back to my years at Michigan State. I was at Michigan State from 1996-2001. Much of the commentary and [...]