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http://www.freep.com/article/20120820/NEWS15/120820076/Nancy-Cassis-Thad-McCotter-Republican-seat “I want to make clear that I will not actively campaign for the primary,” she said Monday.

I found this quote of hers to be interesting. Cassis acknowledged that the $500,000 spent by Liberty for All Political Action Committee late in the election for Bentivolio was difficult to counter. “It's sad when an outside organization comes in and buys an election,” Cassis said. Full...

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I am shocked by the negativity going on here! Last cycle in 2008 when Ron Paul admitted that we would not win the presidency I was upset, I was angry, and I felt like "it was over". But something happened to me. I continued to talk to people about the philosophy of Paul, one position at a time...

Excellent http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120608/POLITICS01/206080358/Cassis-gets-GOP-backing-McCotter-s-seat?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp Bentivolio's campaign manager declares "While we believe that it is everyone's right to run, what we do not appreciate is when a...

..And she's ready to spend $200K of her own money, This could get tough!

Ooops Apparently I missed this http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120607/POLITICS01/206070467/1361/GOP-backs-Cassis-for-McCotter-seat--Bennett-quits-race Bennett has quit the race and is supporting Cassis

GOP establishment challenger Nancy Cassis apparently has $60K left over in her State Senator campaign fund. I think that this can be transferred to a US Congressional Campaign. Kerry will have at least one well funded opponent in the Primary. Hopefully between her and Bennett the write in vote...

I hope that he is able to get a volunteer to help with his website. There is no way to contact him and it would be nice if he addressed in detail more issues. Also, I hope he does have several events scheduled, but there is nothing past May 3rd on the events section of his page. He should at...

"Ex-state Sen. Loren Bennett of Canton Township announced his own write-in campaign Friday. But he said Saturday night that he expects to have competition now that McCotter is out. "The facts have changed. It would not surprise me at all if some of the people who said, 'No, I'm not doing it,'...

Scotty Boman did not get enough signatures turned in by the deadline to be on the ballot, so I think he will be dropping out if he hasn't already. :( http://www.freep.com/article/20120516/NEWS15/205160361/Candidates-file-to-run-for-office-redistricting-leads-to-primary-showdowns

Jack Hoogendyk is running in MI-6 against Upton. He seems to fit the bill of a liberty candidate fairly well, although I am not sure where he stands on monetary policy. http://www.jackformichigan.com/TheIssues.aspx I will certainly be voting for him over Upton. He is a strong supporter of...

Here's some Q and A from him on the Liberty Candidates website. http://libertycandidates.com/2012/01/kerry-bentivolio/ I don't know enough about him to be fully behind him yet, like Justin Amash, but he certainly is better than Thad.

Many great ones in this tread. I too think the statement to Gingrich concerning the draft, that was paraphrasing "I was married, had 2 kids, and I went" was one of his best, this one, the opening to his 84 farewell address to congress sticks out in my mind as well. "Thousands of men and...

We got nothing in District 6. We didn't have enough votes to get the chair. The chair had us vote slate vs. slate by written ballot. The voting didn't take place until around 10PM, We didn't have enough votes to allow for 1 minute speeches by candidates (I think the party regulars simply wanted...