Mitt Romney has taken a lot of heat in the past four years for an opinion piece he wrote for the New York Times that carried the headline “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.” His essay, which urged structured bankruptcies for the...
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Supporters wait for Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan at the Long Family Orchard Farm and Cider Mill on Aug. 24, 2012 in Commerce, Michigan.
Romney Wrong on Auto Bailout, Right for White House: Detroit News
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Employees tape solar cells together at the Xunlight Corp. factory in Toledo, Ohio.
Ohio, Michigan: Half the Cities in Top-25 Declining Unemployment
If all politics is local, then all economics may be, too. A look at the list of the cities where unemployment has fallen the most since the start of President Barack Obama’s term reveals something important about the one state...
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A Mitt Romney supporter in Lansing, Mich.
Pro-Romney Super-PAC Returning with Ads in Michigan and Wisconsin
The last Republican group to air presidential campaign ads in Michigan is returning to that state and to Wisconsin to aid Mitt Romney’s campaign. Restore Our Future, the pro-Romney super-political action committee, is spending $2.2 million in the two states...
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President Barack Obama gets out of a General Motors Co. (GM) Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle in Holland, Michigan.
With Michigan in Play, Auto Bailout to Get Obama Spotlight
Democrats may be holding their national convention in North Carolina, but part of the spotlight when they gather next week will be on Michigan. Specifically, the bailout of two of that state’s iconic auto firms — GM and Chrysler — that President Barack...
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Ryan’s Kenosha a Bellwether County
Kenosha County, Wisconsin, home to Ocean Spray and one of the fastest growing counties in the country, is in Paul Ryan’s home district. And Kenosha County is small — just under 170,000 residents — but they make a difference. The...
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Congressman Thaddeus McCotter at the 1st Annual Freedom Fest in Whitmore Lake, Michigan.
McCotter Staff “Lost its Moral Compass,” Michigan AG Office Says
A “dysfunctional congressional staff” that had “completely lost its moral compass” forged and falsely signed nominating petitions for Thaddeus McCotter, the former Michigan Republican congressman, according to a report today from investigators in the Michigan Attorney General’s office. McCotter quit after...
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Representative Hansen Clarke, Democrat of Michigan, assisted by Senior Advisor Kim Bowman, prepares for a vote on the floor in Washington.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 59
That’s the number of U.S. House members who have been unseated during primaries since 1992. Over the past 20 years, more House members from Michigan have been defeated for re-election in primaries than in any other state. Hansen Clarke’s loss...
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The Capitol building in Washington.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 50
That’s the number of U.S. House members presently serving in the 112th Congress who aren’t defending their seats in the Nov. 6 general election because they are retiring, seeking some other office or were defeated in the primary election. The...
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Rep. John Conyers, Jr.,left, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. and Rep. Carolyn Maloney hold a news conference to discuss a proposal to reform election financing.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 38,077
That’s the combined number of days that Michigan Democrats John Dingell and John Conyers have served in the U.S. House of Representatives, respectively the longest and seventh-longest tenures in the history of that institution. Their combined tenure comes out to...
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U.S. Reps. Russ Carnahan, left, and William Lacy Clay during a live debate on KMOX radio in downtown St. Louis, before the Aug. 7 Democratic primary for the 1st District of Missouri.
Michigan, Missouri Member Matchups Top Today’s Primaries
Congressional redistricting is making two U.S. House Democrats lame ducks after primary elections in Michigan and Missouri today. Voters in Kansas and Washington state also go to the polls. In Missouri, Representatives Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan are running against...
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