Analysis: GOP balancing act in Michigan
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The economy is issue one in job-needy Michigan, where rivals in next week's Republican primary seek support from some of the very voters who are feeling threatened by international trade agreements the presidential contenders embrace.
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Here are the three things you need to know about the Republican presidential race.
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Not true. Though Mitt Romney has been accused of flip-flopping by some Republican rivals, he has not gone so far as to switch parties.
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Mitt Romney battled to save his flickering White House hopes Tuesday, as voters in rust-belt Michigan weighed in on the turbulent Republican presidential race in a crucial primary.
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Next stop: Michigan primary on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
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DETROIT, Jan. 13 -- Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is tying his fate in the presidential primary in Michigan to the survival of the American auto industry, casting himself as the champion of its workers while blaming his rival Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for Washington's indifference to...
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Republicans have won a string of legal victories over recent days in cases involving important election disputes in battleground states such as Ohio, Florida and Michigan.
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Michigan joined as many as six other states Tuesday in flouting Republican rules by scheduling presidential primaries or caucuses before Feb. 5.
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By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 24--On the campaign trail, Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos touts his business experience as an antidote for Michigan's economic ills.  "I speak business," he tells voters.
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A poll published Sunday shows the race for Michigan governor is about even.
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A contentious measure to gradually move up the time property owners pay their county property taxes will get a second chance this week in the Michigan House.
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The Republicans have a plank on just about everything. They've taken positions not only on disabled people and hunters, but specifically on disabled hunters. They found 80 different things to "applaud" in their platform, 17 to "hail" and a dozen to "commend."
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SOUTHFIELD, Michigan  - Republican Mitt Romney won the Michigan primary on Tuesday, giving his campaign for the U.S. presidential nomination a big boost despite second-place finishes in two earlier contests, U.S. media reported.
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Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who scored his first major victory in Michigan, told The Associated Press: "It's a victory of optimism over Washington-style pessimism. The people of Michigan said they believe in someone who is going to fight for them."
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Rasmussen Reports - The seven day campaign leading up to Michigan's Republican Presidential Primary began with a toss-up between Mitt Romney and John McCain.
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Polarized voters, almost perfectly divided between the two parties &#151; and the balance of power hanging on hard-fought, expensive campaigns in a few key areas. It's the story line of the 2004 presidential election, but it's also playing out in the battle for power in state legislatures, where Democratic and Republican control has probably never been so evenly divided.
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Having heard the blather or ranting about Red vs. Blue states for some time, I decided that I could check the curious general claim that "Red states are beneficiaries of tax revenue".  Having obtained the data here about year-by-year comparisons of the states, I obtained some results for 2004.  My intent is to identify trends without much partisan bias (BTW, I'm a Nader voter) in an American viewpoint that's not so much grey, but purple.