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    I-Caucus of Michigan and the Michigan Republican Senate Primary


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Tue Oct 04, 2011 at 08:25:08 AM EST
    Tags: U.S. Senate - class 1 seats, "Dangerously Incompetent" Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Republican 2012 U. S. Senate Primary, Scott Boman, Roi Le Chinn, Clark Durant, Gary Glenn, Randy Hekman, Pete Hoekstra, Peter Konetchy, Chuck Marino, Rick Wilson, Michigan Tea Party Patriot Network, grassroots activists, Independence Caucus of Michigan, Spanish Inquisition, proctology examination, constitutional principles (all tags)

    As I have written before, most of the organizations comprising the Michigan Tea Party Patriot Network are structured as 527 groups.  This means that they're not allowed to directly advocate the election or defeat of any candidate for elective office, only to operate on behalf of issue advocacy and voter mobilization.  However, the tea party networks in several states (including in Michigan) voluntarily operate in strategic partnership with an organization set up specifically as a Political Action Committee.  This organization concerns itself with candidate screening, endorsement, and advocacy, with a specific focus on constitutional loyalty and grassroots activism, and on integrity over money.

    The Independence Caucus is not a political party, nor is it affiliated with any political party.  It is, rather, a group of concerned citizens devoted to electing candidates truly committed to constitutional loyalty and fiscal responsibility, regardless of party.  The goal is the election of such candidates to not less than 40% of the available seats in the several state legislatures and both chambers of Congress . . . in each election year.  It is a not-for-profit organization of concerned citizens from all walks who recognize the responsibility to act now to protect future generations of this nation from the disastrous consequences of our systematic abrogation of constitutional principles, exists to teach us how to govern our country as citizens, and provides the practical tools and resources to actually make it happen.


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    How to NOT Court Tea Partiers


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Tue Sep 27, 2011 at 08:02:05 PM EST
    Tags: U.S. Senate - class 1 seats, MIGOP 2012 U. S. Senate Primary, Clark Durant, Saul Anuzis, National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, Dick Wadhams, tea party hater, Michigan Tea Party Patriot Network (all tags)

    So far as I'm aware, there are currently about 152 separate organizations (including umbrella groups with their franchises) comprising the Michigan Tea Party Patriot Network.  I say, "so far as I'm aware," because I'm still doing some digging with regard to publicly-available information (there are at least four lists, and none of them are identical) for another research project; but the larger point that should not be lost is that the tea party movement in Michigan is without question a force to be reckoned with.

    However, out in Colorado earlier this year, the then-chairman of the Colorado GOP, Dick Wadhams, seemed insistent on blaming the Colorado Tea Party Patriot Network for two major losses (governor and senate) in 2010 as he pulled his reelection bid for COGOP chair.  Never mind that this cat's been on a losing streak since 2006, nor that the republicans picked up two congressional seats, one State Senate seat, and six state house seats, flipping the congressional delegation and the state H of R . . . nope, it had to be the tea party's fault.  At the time, Mr. Wadhams didn't know what his next career move would be.  On Mackinac Island last weekend, we found out where he landed.


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    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    An Open Question


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Tue Sep 27, 2011 at 07:27:43 PM EST
    Tags: 2012 Senate Race, Clark Durant, Gary Glenn, Peter Konetchy, The movie '180', Ray Comfort, Heartchanger.com (all tags)

    The following video is proof positive of how unabashedly accomplished the Left is with indoctrinating our youth.  They have successfully dimmed the light of what most call Critical Thinking.  Then enters Ray Comfort.  A man of morals ask some decidedly pointed questions.  All I can ask of you is to watch this to the end.  I understand everyone's time is valuable, but please make this investemnt in yourself.  It will pay off in dividends.  I promise.

    Now, I must ask questions.

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    US Senate Candidate Glenn On Labor Day


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Sun Sep 04, 2011 at 12:02:10 PM EST
    Tags: Right To Work, RTW, Gary Glenn, Pete Hoekstra, Clark Durant, Peter Konetchy, Randy Hekman, United States, Senate, Republican, Primary, Conservatives, Labor, Labor Day, Principles, Candidates, Michigan (all tags)

    I hope everyone is enjoying their end of the summer activities, and celebrating the actual achievements of workers (not labor unions)on this labor day weekend.

    I present to you a compelling piece I found by Gary Glenn on the choices available to Michiganders as we look to the next year of selecting our US Senate Candidate, a primary race of which Glenn is a part. It highlights differences between Hoekstra and Glenn on issues that should be important to not only conservatives but even those moderates within the Republican party of Michigan.

    Glenn, one of several candidates looking to be the challenger to Stabenow in 2012 tends to speak to the Tea Party concerns more clearly in my opinion than Pete Hoekstra, and possibly one or two others vying for the same chance.  In fact the only candidates who come close (as I have observed during speeches and presentations) would be Roscommon businessman Peter Konetchy, and former Kent County Probate Judge Randy Hekman.   I have not yet had the opportunity to vett Clark Durant, who is being heavily pushed by National Popular Vote advocate Saul Anuzis.

    I should note that candidates who wish to air their opinions here are more than welcome to publish at will, subject to reformatting to fit the front page.

    Glenn's piece is below the line.

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    2012 Michigan Republican Senate Dance Card . . . Thus Far


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Sun Jul 24, 2011 at 08:00:53 PM EST
    Tags: MIGOP 2012 U. S. Senate Nominee, Chad Dewey, Clark Durant, Randy Hekman, Pete Hoekstra, Peter Konetchy, John McCulloch, Rick Wilson, "Dangerously Incompetent" Debbie Stabenow (all tags)

    It's often been said (including frequently on this site) that the real choice in any election is in the primaries.  Once the primaries are over, you're essentially stuck with whoever survives.  And in next year's contest for the Class 1 seats in the U. S. Senate, the Michigan Republican primary election is going to be critical . . . as I've said before, there will be no excuse for sitting on the sidelines and then carping because you don't like who wound up on the top of the ticket.

    Of course, making an informed choice is always useful, and for that we should go below the fold.


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