Presidential Election 2008
VIDEO: Eastern Michigan University students celebrate Obama victory
We just discovered this video, which was posted yesterday and shot by the Eastern Michigan University student newspaper, the Eastern Echo. Hundreds of student supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama gathered on campus to mark the historic event just before midnight on Tuesday, as cable news networks began declaring Obama and his running mate, [...]
DTE Energy CEO presided over nuclear boondoggle in New York
Looking over photos of John McCain’s recent visit to DTE’s Fermi II nuke plant, journalist Greg Palast noticed an interesting bit of context and a familiar face.
McCain’s Michigan fat cats
When John McCain comes to Michigan for a pair of expensive fundraisers today, he’ll be feted by some of Michigan’s wealthiest and most powerful leaders.
McCain to tap Michigan’s deep pockets
Presumed Republican nominee John McCain will arrive in Michigan on Wednesday for a fund-raising blitz and a campaign appearance with independent Sen. Joe Lieberman.
McCain will hold three fund-raising events Wednesday — two high-end soirees in Birmingham, at the Townsend Hotel and Big Rock Chophouse, and one at the Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield, aimed [...]
State by state polls show Obama running strong
More important than national polls
Lansing crowd cheers Obama energy plan
Barack Obama’s appearance at the Lansing Center on Monday to deliver a major speech unveiling his energy plan was highly anticipated by the audience before the speech and highly praised by them after.
McCain conceding nothing in Michigan
Apparently determined to let no visit by his opponent go unchallenged, Sen. John McCain descended on Michigan today just one day after Sen. Barack Obama visited the state’s capital.
VIDEO: McCain speaks at Michigan nuke plant
MONROE, Mich. — Here is some late-breaking video of Sen. John McCain’s remarks here at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station on the shore of Lake Erie, south of Detroit. McCain was joined by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) — whom McCain mistakenly identified as a senator. Note the nuclear power [...]
Elected officials gush over Obama’s energy plan
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presumptive nominee for president, addresses a crowd in Lansing where he unveiled his new energy plan.
Obama presents comprehensive energy plan
Barack Obama chose Lansing as the place to unveil a comprehensive plan to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil because, he argued, investment in alternative and renewable energy has the potential to revive and transform Michigan’s economy.