Campaign Evaluation: Tom McMillin (U.S. House, MI-8)

[jct74]

 

[jct74]

 

[jct74]

 

[jct74]

 

[jct74]

There were some questions earlier about his foreign policy views, I posted the screenshot from his facebook page above. Also from some of his tweets you can see that he does not have a favorable view of neocons and seems to support a pretty non-interventionist policy... although there were not a lot of tweets on the subject, since he is only a state rep anyways.

 

[Warlord]

I hope he wins

 

[EBounding]

I'm sure some people wondering how winnable the race is. Checkout all the tweets above and consider the following too:

1) He has a long voting record. Unlike some other candidates in the past, it's going to be very obvious how he will vote in Congress. You can look up his voting record at Michiganvotes.org: http://michiganvotes.org/Search.aspx#House
2) He's still in office as a State Rep. This is important since he can propose legislation, hold town halls with constituents, and vote during the campaign; his opponent cannot.
3) This is an open seat with no incumbent.
4) His opponent is from the same area. This is important since neither of them have a geographical advantage.
5) The district is a Republican leaning swing district, so the battle is right now in the primary. Livingston county will probably decide the race.

I'm probably biased, but I would rank Amash's and McMillin's race as the # 1 priorities right now. The establishment was already gunning for him during his state senate race and they're going to push 100 times harder here. If McMillin wins and Amash wins by a large margin, it will be like poking a stick in Mike Rogers eye.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

I'm sure some people wondering how winnable the race is. Checkout all the tweets above and consider the following too:

1) He has a long voting record. Unlike some other candidates in the past, it's going to be very obvious how he will vote in Congress. You can look up his voting record at Michiganvotes.org: http://michiganvotes.org/Search.aspx#House
2) He's still in office as a State Rep. This is important since he can propose legislation, hold town halls with constituents, and vote during the campaign; his opponent cannot.
3) This is an open seat with no incumbent.
4) His opponent is from the same area. This is important since neither of them have a geographical advantage.
5) The district is a Republican leaning swing district, so the battle is right now in the primary. Livingston county will probably decide the race.

I'm probably biased, but I would rank Amash's and McMillin's race should be the # 1 priorities right now. The establishment was already gunning for him during his state senate race and they're going to push 100 times harder here. If McMillin wins and Amash wins by a large margin, it will be like poking a stick in Mike Rogers eye.

I concur. McMillin would be another Amash in the house. He's probably the best liberty candidate running for national office and has a long record to prove it.

Check this video out to see how in tune he is on the issues, and how he can extend the olive branch to the ACLU left on common ground issues:

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

Though Bishop already has Rogers backing him in his corner. I imagine having the sitting representative would be a plus for voters who would have voted for Rogers, had he chosen to stay, right?

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

Though Bishop already has Rogers backing him in his corner. I imagine having the sitting representative would be a plus for voters who would have voted for Rogers, had he chosen to stay, right?

Bishop's an empty suit. If he's pressured enough, McMillin can win the seat IMO

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

Bishop's an empty suit. If he's pressured enough, McMillin can win the seat IMO

No, I get that. My qualm isn't with Bishop himself, it's with the backing, since establishment backing does equate to big money than liberty backing more often than we would like.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

No, I get that. My qualm isn't with Bishop himself, it's with the backing, since establishment backing does equate to big money than liberty backing more often than we would like.

The establishment will fully back whoever runs against McMillin. He's hated for both his liberty and christian conservative views so he'll be especially under the gun.

 

[angelatc]

The establishment will fully back whoever runs against McMillin. He's hated for both his liberty and christian conservative views so he'll be especially under the gun.

The Livingston County GOP EC is not run by neocons. Dan will probably stay out of the primary, but Jennifer is tweeting and FBing McMillin stuff like crazy, as is Marcia. He needs money, but we can win this.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

5 stars, seems like a great guy to get into the House based on his views that he has shared via Twitter, and Amash's support counts for something too!

 

[EBounding]

He expanded his issues page. Here are his comments on Foreign Policy and National Defense:

Foreign Policy

We must not give our tax money to countries as bribes to prop up foreign politicians. Individual up or down votes should be taken for any handout to any country. We must not fight wars that are not authorized by Congress and that are not in America's direct interest.

National Defense

One of the only real constitutional functions of the federal government is to provide for the national defense. We should do this well.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

5 stars, seems like a great guy to get into the House based on his views that he has shared via Twitter, and Amash's support counts for something too!

Same. Based on that, I'd give him five stars.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Moneybomb this Friday for McMillin.

 

[jurgs01]

Moneybomb this Friday for McMillin.

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