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PLYMOUTH — State Rep. Marc Corriveau (D-Northville) largely ruled out running against U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter in 2010 during an interview with the Michigan Messenger on Monday.
Corriveau said he hasn’t been approached to run against McCotter (R-Livonia) and hasn’t given the idea much thought. Corriveau said he’s determined to stay in his State House seat.

With the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee apparently targeting the 11th district U.S. House seat currently held by Rep. Thad McCotter for a serious challenge, who will emerge to be his opponent in 2010? Michigan Liberal has a couple of interesting tidbits on the subject recently.

The New York Times has an article about the difficulty some Republicans are having selling their no votes on the stimulus bill to their constituents. The article focuses on Thad McCotter, whose district includes a large number of autoworkers and others deeply affected by the current economic recession.

Rep. Thad McCotter (R-Livonia) had an op-ed in the Detroit News slamming the stimulus package signed by Obama yesterday and he repeated one of the most ridiculous talking points the Republicans have been using against the bill. I’m sure you’ve heard all about that high-speed rail line that Harry Reid between Los Angeles and Las [...]

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (MI-11) published a commentary on conservative blog RedState.com in which he said the nearly trillion dollar stimulus package passed by House Democrats, and opposed by McCotter and the Republican caucus, was a “fiscal obscenity.”
In the blog, McCotter slams Dems for holding Republicans’ feet to the fire, while letting the Dems who voted [...]

Livonia, Michigan’s Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (MI-11) has changed his mind on funding health care for children. Back in 2007, McCotter, noted for calling outgoing Republican President George W. Bush a communist, opposed legislation for the federally-funded State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). During his floor speech opposing the bill, the guitar-strumming Republican talked about being [...]

Michigan GOP rep has skipped all key committee hearings — but he did sponsor a resolution on dog bites

esterday, I had the opportunity to travel to Livonia to meet the Congressman from the 11th Congressional District. That’s Congressman Thaddeus McCotter. Yep, that Congressman who said the U.S. House was “the people’s House…not Pelosi’s politburo.” And yes, that McCotter who chastised George W. Bush for traveling to Communist China for the Olympics, calling his [...]

Second-quarter campaign-finance reports were due last night from candidates for the U.S. House and Senate, and the telling disclosures are now viewable online at the FEC Web site.
Altogether, Republican candidates raised $9,518,684 between April 1 and July 16. Democrats collected $8,722,489 for the same period.

A group called Catholics United recently began running ads in the home districts of 13 U.S. Representatives who call themselves pro-life but voted against legislation reauthorizing the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which provides health insurance for children who lack it. The targeted group includes two Michigan Republicans, Thaddeus McCotter and Joseph Knollenberg. The [...]