Speaking to a tea party group in Michigan on Saturday, former senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) accused President Obama of being a “snob” because he wants “everybody in America to go to college.” The statement is a curious one considering that Santorum — who holds a B.A., M.B.A. and J.D. — holds more advanced degrees than Obama, who has a B.A. and a J.D. Read full article > >

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Santorum: Obama is ‘a snob’ because he wants ‘everybody in America to go to college’

As Mitt Romney’s campaign intensifies fund-raising to meet rising costs, some Republicans are worried about the impact of an extended party contest on the November election.

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Prolonged G.O.P. Race Forces Romney to Recalibrate

In Michigan speech.

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Mitt: ‘Only Chance’ to Beat Obama

The United Nations accuses Syria of human rights violations | Mitt Romney fights to retain lead in Michigan.

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DETROIT — For the past week, much of the commentary on the Republican presidential race has focused on the consequences to Mitt Romney of a loss in Michigan’s primary. After Wednesday’s Arizona debate , the question should be: What happens if the former Massachusetts governor wins his home state Tuesday? Read full article > >

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What happens if Mitt Romney wins Michigan?

Operation Chaos in Michigan? Again? The Michigan Democratic Party sent an e-mail to supporters Wednesday encouraging them to take part in the state’s Republican presidential primary on Tuesday. The e-mail points to a YouTube video of two Republican state senators encouraging Democrats to vote and notes that voters can still return to voting in the Democratic caucuses two months from now. Read full article > >

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Michigan Democratic Party encourages crossover voting in GOP presidential primary

Mitt Romney, who won the Michigan primary in 2008, is facing a fading tie to his family name and a strong challenge from Rick Santorum.

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Romney Faces Unexpected Challenge From Santorum in Michigan

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) will endorse Mitt Romney for president at a luncheon on Thursday, according to two sources with knowledge of his decision. MIRS news reported Wednesday evening that the two men will appear together at a luncheon Thursday for a “major announcement.” Read full article > >

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to endorse Romney

Mitt appeals to Michigan voters in Detroit News op-ed.

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Romney: ‘I Am a Son of Detroit’

THURSDAY NIGHT’S Republican presidential debate produced more equivocation from former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney about when he would release his tax returns and how many he would release. He was asked by moderator John King if he would follow the standard set by his own father, George, the former Michigan governor who was the first presidential candidate to release his tax returns . He put out 12 years’ worth in November 1967, as he prepared to run for the White House in 1968 — a point also being made in a Democratic National Committee video. All Mr. Romney could muster was an awkward “Maybe.” Wait until April, he said. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Republicans are falling short of the Romney standard

Michigan defensive lineman Ryan Van Bergen thought he had seen and heard it all during his previous four years in Ann Arbor, from being a part of Lloyd Carr’s final team in 2007 to the tumultuous three years that followed under Rich Rodriguez to finishing the 2010 season with the third-worst defense among Bowl Championship Series conference teams. Read full article > >

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Michigan football enters 2012 Sugar Bowl with a new attitude on defense

In each of the last three years, 1 in 5 Americans suffered a decline in household income of at least 20%, says Jacob Hacker, author of “ Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer–and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class ”(2010). Sometimes, these declines overlap – the same household losing 20% one year and an additional 20% another year. More often, they do not. And, according to a recent Census Bureau report, nearly half of all Americans – 48% – have either fallen into poverty or are low income, scraping by on less than $45,000 for a family of four. It is bad out there. Hacker, who is also Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale, measures income instability via an Economic Security Index he devised in 2010. This index takes into account wages, pensions, and the like, minus out-of-pocket health costs and debt service for credits cards and other unsecured credit. The results are eye popping. Twenty-nine urban mayors told the AP that 1 in 4 individuals needing emergency food assistance instead go hungry. What’s more, Sheldon Danziger, a University of Michigan Public Policy professor, told the AP , “If Congress and the states make further cuts, we can expect the number of poor and low-income families to rise for the next several years.” In two phone interviews with me, Hacker analogized American wealth distribution with a system of canals locks. Although rising and declining tides may raise or lower all ships, America’s economic engine – chiefly its banking and corporate governance systems – have transformed the economy into a series of locks which raise a few, select yachts higher, while the rest of us remain in dinghies at sea level. This – the 1% getting richer while keeping out the 99% – has been the primary fuel energizing both the Occupy and Tea Party movements.

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So, What is the Economic Conflagration Spurring the Occupy Movement?

BERKELEY, Calif. — Across the nation, a historic collapse in state funding for higher education threatens to diminish the stature of premier public universities and erode their mission as engines of upward social mobility. At the University of Virginia, state support has dwindled in two decades from 26 percent of the operating budget to 7 percent. At the University of Michigan, it has declined from 48 percent to 17 percent. Read full article > >

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UC-Berkeley and other ‘public Ivies’ in fiscal peril

Troy, Mich., is rejecting a transportation center that would have been fully financed with stimulus money.

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Michigan City of Troy, Led by Tea Party Mayor, Rejects Federal Dollars

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Hidden behind a curtain of turnovers and missed shots for 13 periods this season, the complete version of the Virginia men’s basketball team unveiled itself in the second half of Tuesday night’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge match-up against No. 14 Michigan . After a first half in which the Cavaliers at one point went seven minutes without scoring a basket, Virginia made half its shots after the intermission and stormed to a 70-58 victory that carried short- and long-term benefits. The Wolverines ( 5-2 ) stood as the first — and likely the only — high-quality opponent the Cavaliers ( 6-1 ) will face in nonconference play. Read full article > >

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Virginia vs. Michigan: Scott leads Cavaliers past No. 14 Wolverines, 70-58