Michigan hasn't voted Republican in the presidential election since 1988 and Oakland County -- where Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney grew up -- since 1992. Patterson and other Republicans believe how Oakland goes in November so will Michigan and so will the White House. "My job is to deliver Oakland to Romney," Patterson said.

"That's why we are spending a lot of time out here," Hoekstra said Thursday. " ... Southeast Michigan is absolutely key for Mitt. It is absolutely key and critical for me."

Personally, I don't care either way after the primary, as long as Stabenow is booted out of the Senate.  For the life of me, I really don't understand how folks can get behind that twatwaffle Durant (comments: associations and positions, boys and girls).  Perhaps milquetoast push by DeVos money, and they love their GoverDRIC too, is the best that an ingrained goonion mentality state can do.