With copper trading at high prices, a remote area of Michigan is rediscovering its mining roots, raising hopes that the region will recover from a long slump.
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In Mining, Some Michigan Towns See Hope
An examination of Mitt Romney’s teenage years at a prep school described an episode in which he bullied a fellow student.
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The Caucus: Bullying Story Spurs a Romney Apology
Reading this book is a little like quaffing a double espresso on an empty stomach — it’s a jolt. For this reader it was a welcome jolt. Others will find it less palatable. Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein have been Washington fixtures for three decades. They are two of the brightest, best informed and most scholarly students of our politics. They started out together as graduate students of political science at the University of Michigan, and decades ago took up residence at the Brookings Institution (Mann) and the American Enterprise Institute (Ornstein). Both have cultivated Democratic and Republican senators and House members to help them figure out the workings of the legislative branch. They acknowledge holding liberal views themselves, but throughout their careers they have tried to uphold a scholarly, non-partisan standard. Republicans once took them as seriously as Democrats did. Read full article > >
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‘It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With The New Politics of Extremism’ by Thomas E. Mann and Norman…
The leader of the Michigan-based Hutaree militia, David Stone, and his son, plead guilty to illegally possessing a machine gun.
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US militia men admit gun charge
What a coincidence that President Obama’s first news conference in nearly six months just happened to fall on Super Tuesday ! And what a twist of fate that the president found himself addressing the United Auto Workers conference last week on the very day of the Michigan primary, where he had the chance to blast an unnamed GOP candidate for saying we should have “ let Detroit go bankrupt. ” Read full article > >
Mitt Romney’s victories in Arizona and Michigan last week dampened talk about a brokered convention or a white-knight candidate. But Republicans still face the possibility of a protracted nomination battle in which the steady accumulation of delegates becomes the ultimate marker of success, rather than a quick string of victories that drives all but the winner to the sidelines. Read full article > >
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Obama’s delegate operation was a textbook case in presidential politics
US Republican White House contender Mitt Romney pulls off a crucial double win in the Michigan and Arizona primaries, after a tough campaign.
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Romney secures primary victories
About a third of Michigan primary voters said electability was the top quality they were looking for in a candidate, while a quarter said they were looking for someone with strong moral character.
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Michigan and Arizona Exit Polls
For the first time during Michigan acceptance speech.
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Romney Solicits Donations
The longer the Republican presidential contest drags on, the more uncomfortable Mitt Romney seems around blue-collar Americans, and the more antagonistic Rick Santorum seems toward America’s professionals, current and aspiring, and their ideals. This does not portend Republican success in November, whatever the outcome of Tuesday’s primaries in Arizona and Michigan . Read full article > >
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The out-of-touch Republican front-runners
On Dec. 25, 1964, as Mitt Romney enjoyed his last Christmas break as a high school student in Michigan, two Mormon missionaries visited Darius Gray in Colorado Springs and asked him whether he had any last questions before joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read full article > >
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The Genesis of a church’s stand on race
On Dec. 25, 1964, as Mitt Romney enjoyed his last Christmas break as a high school student in Michigan, two Mormon missionaries visited Darius Gray in Colorado Springs and asked him whether he had any last questions before joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read full article > >
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The Genesis of a church’s stand on race
In the presidential primary on Tuesday, a defeat for Mitt Romney could send the nominating fight onto an unpredictable path and reset the Republican race.
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Political Memo: For Doubts on Romney, Michigan Primary a Testing Ground
With social concerns gaining prominence in the race, Rick Santorum defended religion’s role in public life, criticizing universities and John F. Kennedy’s famous speech.
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Santorum Makes Case for Religion in Public Sphere
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