Todd Spencer
Welcome to the new Michigan Messenger
Hello, and welcome to the new look of Michigan Messenger.
The debut of our new design gives us the perfect chance to introduce ourselves to you — something we haven’t had a formal occasion to do since our quiet, curious launch almost a full year ago, last September.
Is it the Vernors? Naah. McCain at Livonia defense contractor: ‘This will be a battleground state.’
In Michigan yet again, McCain talks about reducing corporate taxes, while ignoring shocking findings of GAO study released Tuesday.
Kilpatrick bests Waters in Detroit congressional primary
At 1:00 a.m. Wednesday, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick declared victory in the 13th Congressional District primary race.
Early in the evening with 13 percent of the vote in, the incumbent Kilpatrick had been as many as 25 points behind former state rep. Mary Waters.
Primary: Kilpatrick and Waters in late-night duel in Detroit
After jumping out to a shocking early lead over incumbent Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, former state Representative Mary Waters has seen her cushion reduced to nothing with two-thirds of all 13th Congressional District primary votes counted.
LIVEBLOG: Primary election night, updated 1:08 a.m.
Polls closed at 8:00 p.m. tonight and results are trickling in. For some parts of the state, the turnout at the polls was low and there was good reason, since there wasn’t much to get excited about.
In other areas of the state, though, like Detroit’s 13th Congressional District, voter turnout was as heavy as the [...]
Transcript: Obama’s Lansing Center speech on energy
Barack Obama made headlines across the country mere blocks from Michigan’s capitol building today when he announced plans that would end our nation’s reliance on foreign oil in ten years.
Falling short of Al Gore’s recent proposal to convert our nation’s electrical grid to 100 percent renewable energy (wind and solar) in ten years, the Obama [...]
Obama to speak in Lansing Monday: Is it time he takes on domestic drilling?
In a “change” election that’s pointedly anti-incumbent, the in-power, out-of-favor Republicans seem to have found traction with voters on the issue of domestic drilling.
The real straight-talk express: Al Gore
Climate change leader tells the ugly truth, offers new plan for America in Obama-esque speech
On Wednesday Al Gore made the speech that many had hoped Barack Obama would have made months ago. It almost seemed that the former vice president was channeling Obama, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, as his words plainly yet eloquently defined [...]
Whoops. Polls on Michigan GOP homepage say “yes” to Obama, “no” to drilling
The homepage for the Michigan Republican Party invites readers to participate in polls about partisan political questions. And recent results are probably not what the state Republicans wanted, expected or hoped for.
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Stabenow, Levin, Senate Dems fail to strip telecoms of immunity in final FISA vote
UPDATED: To reflect the passage of the final FISA bill by the Senate later Wednesday afternoon.
Senate bills intended to strip telecommunications corporations of immunity from lawsuits for assisting the U.S. government on illegally spying on everyday Americans by offering officials total access to private phone calls and e-mails were all defeated this afternoon. The failed [...]