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RandySF's JournalRomney's Michigan strategy is not totally dumb.
Nostalgia sells in Michigan, especially in the Detroit area. Remeber how "great" things used to be (or rather how white it used to be) is a pastime among older people like my dad. They like to talk about Belle Isle, muscle cars, cheap seats at Tigers games and black people who "knew their place". And they also talk among themselves to see who has been outside city limits the longest. Will Romney's strategy work again? I don't know, but it's not totally insane.
Police buy cemetery plots to block Josh Powell from being buried next to his boys
A sheriff and his sergeant in Washington state have bought burial plots next to Josh Powell's boys in order to block family members from burying him next to them, according to a media report Wednesday.
"The bottom line is, Josh Powell will not be near those two boys," Pierce County Sheriff's Sgt. Ed Troyer said in an interview with a Seattle-area radio program called the Ron and Don Show.
Josh Powell's surviving relatives wanted him to buried at the same cemetery as the two sons he killed, the city manager in Puyallup said earlier Wednesday.
But that does not look like it is going to happen.
Troyer and Sheriff Paul Pastor used their personal money and funds from Crimestoppers Tacoma-Pierce County to buy plots that are on either side of the boys, according to a report on the radio station's website that was confirmed by Troyer on Twitter.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/15/10418602-police-buy-cemetery-plots-to-block-josh-powell-from-being-buried-next-to-his-boys
Democrat scores upset victory in Maine special election.
An upset win for a Democrat in a state Senate contest in midcoast Maine is being declared a sign of things to come. Privately, Democrats had acknowledged that Chris Johnson's bid for the District 20 seat, largely in Lincoln County, was against the odds as it had been held by Republicans for nearly a decade. On top of that, Johnson faced a popular incumbent GOP House member in Dana Dow, who had held the Senate seat before. Johnson's victory now has Democrats pronouncing that the win is a harbinger of things to come in November. But Republicans say they expect to retain their majority this fall.
Democratic leaders from the Maine Senate were sporting ear-to-ear grins at a State House press conference that some thought would never have been called.
"We are are here today to congratulate and welcome senator-elect Chris Johnson from Lincoln County," said Ben Grant, state chairman of the Maine Democratic Party to cheers.
Johnson had won the District 20 seat that was vacated by Republican state Sen. David Trahan, who last year took a job as executive director of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine. Republicans were confident that they had a lock on the seat, a longtime GOP stronghold. After all, they had state Rep. Dana Dow of Waldoboro, a moderate Republican who once held the Senate seat before running for the House in 2010.
http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/20306/Default.aspx
MI governor to endorse Romney.
WASHINGTON -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder plans to endorse Mitt Romney's presidential bid Thursday.
Snyder will announce at an event in Farmington Hills, Mich., that he's backing Romney, a Republican official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The former Massachusetts governor is fighting rival Rick Santorum to win the Feb. 28 Republican primary in Michigan, Romney's home state. Losing the contest would be a significant embarrassment for Romney, whose father, George, served as Michigan's governor before losing his presidential bid in 1968.
Snyder, who like Romney is a former venture capitalist, was elected in 2010 after campaigning as an outsider with business experience. He plans to argue that Romney has a conservative fiscal record and a bold plan to cut spending.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/rick-snyder-mitt-romney-endorsement_n_1280522.html
Mitt Romney, Donald Trump raise campaign cash at New York bankruptcy law firm
There were no public events on his schedule today, except for an appearance this evening at an office furniture manufacturer near Grand Rapids, Mich. The campaign has been uncommunicative about where he was and what he’s been doing.
But one good source close to the campaign has spilled the beans: Romney and some of his biggest fundraisers spent part of the day in the executive lunchroom of a New York law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges, making phone calls to recruit other financial rainmakers.
The Fifth Avenue firm has one of the country’s leading bankruptcy practices.
The big excitement of the day was not the candidate, however, but the Donald.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romney-donald-trump-raise-campaign-cash-at-new-york-bankruptcy-law-firm/2012/02/15/gIQAvXYTGR_blog.html
Republican mayor of San Diego pushes for marriage equality.
WASHINGTON -- When a coalition of mayors launched a campaign to push for marriage equality a month ago, there were about 70 individuals signed on to it. Now, there are 153 involved in Mayors for Freedom to Marry, with the Republican mayor of one of the nation's largest cities serving as a co-chair.
"This is an equality issue, nothing more, nothing less," San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders (R) told The Huffington Post during a sit-down interview on Wednesday. "History is going judge us 10, 20, 30 years from now. I think it's going to be very different then. We're seeing the landscape change dramatically."
Sanders is one of just four Republicans signed on to Mayors for Freedom to Marry. The others are Mike Gin of Redondo Beach, Calif., Dennis O'Brien of Newton, Pa., and Craig Cates of Key West, Fla. Sanders said that while his party's involvement is small so far, he is confident that there are Republican mayors -- especially in smaller cities -- who will eventually come out for marriage equality.
Sanders' coming out, if you will, took a significant amount of political courage. After he announced his support for marriage equality in 2007, fighting tears at a news conference, the local Republican Party threatened to take away its endorsement of him.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/jerry-sanders-marriage-equality_n_1279728.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
Waldo County Republicans call for censure of state GOP chairman after caucus controversy
AUGUSTA, Maine — Members of the Waldo County GOP Committee voted Tuesday evening to recommend a censure of Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster for his handling of the party’s presidential caucuses.
Raymond St. Onge, who leads the Waldo County GOP, said the initial motion was to call for a vote of no confidence in Webster and a recommendation that he step down from his post. That motion was amended to recommend a censure instead. The amended motion passed by a strong majority, St. Onge said.
The censure recommendation will be taken up at the state GOP committee meeting on March 10. A censure is essentially a nonbinding but public slap on the wrist.
Webster is under fire for his handling of the Republican caucuses, particularly Saturday’s announcement that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had narrowly defeated Texas Congressman Ron Paul in the state’s presidential preference poll.
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/15/politics/waldo-county-republicans-call-for-censure-of-state-gop-chairman-after-caucus-controversy/
Is it LGBT, or GLBT?
While it's listed as LGBT here on DU, I've been to many discussions in CA and MI where where the term GLBT is used. I know it's not an earth shattering issue, but I do want to get it right.
Democrats win two big victories in Oklahoma special elections, including first GLBT state senator.
Democrat Curtis McDaniel picks up a very red State House district that gave Obama 26% of the vote. Democrat Al McAffrey becomes OK's first openly gay state senator.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/14/1064898/-Democrat-poised-to-win-26-Obama-district-in-OK?via=siderec
Rampant fraud uncovered in Maine Caucus.
1. Vote counts were altered by state party official on Saturday night.
2. Towns were left unreported.
3. Washington County caucus was cancelled BY THE STATE PARTY CHAIR.
4. A accurate would probably put Paul ahead.
http://www.fox19.com/story/16937227/reality-check-was-there-voter-fraud-in-maine
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