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Lottery Commissioner Scott Bowen?  Cliff Taylor hater Mark Brewer asked and he said no.  Oakland County Judge Jessica Cooper? Ditto.  She decided to run for County Prosecutor.  Ingham County Judge Paula Manderfield opted to run for the Court of Appeals because she gauged, correctly, that it was much more winnable.  Judge Stephen Borello?  Brewer got the cold shoulder from him too.  Former Governor Jim Blanchard wanted none of Taylor either.

But in the end, Michigan Democrats faced a legal deadline to finally nominate a candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court.  On Saturday they gathered at their state convention, faced with the option of no one or choice number nine (that we know of) and they picked a recent Appellate Court (biiiiig) loser to fill their slot on the ballot.

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But like Uncle Ben told Peter Parker, with great power comes great responsibility.  The responsibility of the left on this site is to actually participate in discussion, not just toss out MDP talking points.  There are a dozen lefty blogs where you can post those.  This is not the forum.

So if you are asked a question, called to task to provide documentation, asked to back up your claims with links etc DO SO.  Otherwise you're not part of a conversation, you're just red faced and screaming.  And you will no longer be welcome.

Consider yourselves warned.  

That is all.

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After a hugely successful convention, that broke television records (Governor Palin drew 37 million viewers on Wednesday and Senator McCain drew 39 million viewers last night), the McCain/Palin ticket rolled into the heart of Macomb County.  Now, I have been to many presidential rallies in Macomb County, but this one was by far the biggest that I have seen.

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"Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered."

If Mr. Webster were still around today, he would be embarrassed by what has transpired in Washington this year.

This morning, the MI Secretary of State issued their report certifying that Rose Bogaert and the Wayne County Taxpayers Association HAD collected enough signatures to force MI House Speaker Andy Dillon to face a recall election on November 4th.