I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Google Trends chart for last 30 days reflecting internet-posted articles on potential GOP vice presidential candidates. (source: Google Trends)
I just read a breaking news report which said Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota got the thumbs down from the McCain campaign for the veep slot.
MSNBC mentions in its freshly updated report that Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania and Connecticut’s Sen. Joe Lieberman could still be in the running. Speculation about Alaska’s Gov. Sarah Palin as a veep candidate increased as well.
Mitt “Mittens” Romney did not appear to be headed for Dayton, Ohio, where John McCain is supposed to appear with his veep pick at noon today. Sure looks like Detroit-born “Mittens” isn’t going to get the nod at this point.
Of the known potential field, Google Trends gave Romney the best chance at veep candidacy, but internet chatter is probably not enough to persuade the McCain folks, even with Karl Rove’s blessing. The McCain team is going to want somebody strong enough to push down the post-convention bounce the Democratic ticket of Obama-Biden have mustered.
After the McCain campaign’s negative anti-celebrity ads swatting at Obama’s popularity, it seems ironic that they’ll really need a celebrity to muster some serious counter-offensive buzz.
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