Thaddeus McCotter 2012 Presidential Campaign Launches With Michigan Announcement

U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) announced his candidacy for president of the United States on Saturday in his home state of Michigan.

"There are a lot of people out there worried the American dream is in danger," the GOP hopeful recently told WJR radio in addressing his presidential ambitions.

Reuters reports:

"There are a lot of people out there worried the American dream is in danger," McCotter told WJR radio.

He said the other Republican candidates are "fine people" but are not prepared to seize the opportunity to challenge and defeat Democratic President Barack Obama.

"I believe I could," he said. "You're never going to know unless you get into the arena."

The 45-year-old attorney from the Detroit suburb of Livonia made the announcement Saturday evening during a festival in Whitmore Lake, 30 miles west of Detroit.

McCotter, who's also a guitarist, performed with his band at the event.

McCotter was elected to his fifth consecutive term in Congress in November.

He will join a field of GOP hopefuls that already includes former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, pizza magnate Herman Cain, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota.

 

 

Comments

[Jerry Don Weller]

02:45 AM on 07/10/2011

McCotter is the ONLY candidate in the race who opposes so called "free trade" with the Chinese.. Now if you folks want to forget about all that intellectual property theft, cyber attack, military buildup, human rights abusing, currency manipulating, product dumping, abuse the environment stuff and vote for one of the rest of the clone... er candidates, fine by me, but McCotter has my vote even if he runs with a third party.

[imtheoz]

06:56 PM on 07/04/2011

Yes, the "American dream" is in danger...but mostly due to the destruction of the middle class by the failed conservative agenda...Just what we need. Another Republican to try to make a conservative agenda that has been failing us for the better part of forty years work. No thanks!

[1murillo]

05:31 PM on 07/04/2011

McCotter is another pretender. Even his announcement is weak; besides being done at the beginnng of a holiday weekend when many people aren't listening to news, he says, "The other Republican candidates are 'fine people' [crediting the opposition before the audience knows the speaker]" and then, "'I believe I could,' [defeat Obama] he said. 'You're never going to know unless you get into the arena.'" His humility is refreshing yet he needs to introduce himself strongly to the American people, especially because he's barely known.

[re-elect clinton]

02:56 PM on 07/04/2011

I live in his district and have voted aginst he every time, but like a STD he always comes back!!!

[LiberalLee]

02:16 PM on 07/04/2011

So this is a guy that voted FOR the Medicare Part D bill, then voted against it...
Yeah. Right.
Stay home bud. Don't waste our time.

[RobEsqNYC]

09:26 AM on 07/04/2011

More evidence that America is toast! When the likes of Palin, Bachmann and now McCotter are considered serious political leaders, the well has run dry. Just shows what happens when a nation fails to make any serious investments in education. Don't get me wrong, there are bright, thoughtful conservatives, but they won't run because to do so would require them to have a lobotomy.

[1murillo]

05:35 PM on 07/04/2011

The names you've mentioned won't be close to the GOP nomination. However, I agree that our political discourse has cheapened over the years. Part of the problem is that "politics," with it's 24-hour criticism and low pay, is not as popular as a career choice as it once was.

[Bor Zoi]

07:40 AM on 07/04/2011

What a great name.

If I wasn't told he was a congressman from Michigan,
I would have thought he was a professor at Hogwarts.

[1murillo]

05:56 PM on 07/04/2011

It is a great name. It's reminescent of an infielder's name during the early part of the modern era.

[dmgg711]

05:41 AM on 07/04/2011

Another GOPher! Go fer deleting Medicare; Social Security; Environment; the middle class.....etc.

[brutalefrank]

02:17 AM on 07/04/2011

Who?

[leonel]

11:55 PM on 07/03/2011

Overall good looking dude needs to become better looking by shaving his head.

[someguyontheinternet7777]

11:50 PM on 07/03/2011

Isn't his state in the worst financial condition in the entire country. Nice record you got to run on, T-Mac. "I represent Detroit... the highest rate of unemployment in America!"

[agnis1]

12:26 AM on 07/04/2011

Ohio is number 2 in line for unemployment. Maybe this dude could line up some jobs in his state and Ohio. Obama sure has not been a lick of help.

[lengua99]

12:57 AM on 07/04/2011

You mean the very liberal city of Detroit? I doubt his district includes that, he's not a senator. The rest of the state isn't that bad, PA is mostly good even though West Philly isn't.



MARC

[someguyontheinternet7777]

11:47 PM on 07/03/2011

yeah... "T-Mac" and "T-Paw" will cancel each other out. He is exactly like T-Paw, even from a north-eastern state. Wow. Another Republican who wants us to continue fighting in Afghanistan, for as long as... what did John McCain say? 100 years? Yeah, that's great for the economy. Spend our taxes re-building stuff there instead of re-building stuff here in the USA.

[radv6]

03:27 AM on 07/04/2011

kinda seems that there are more troops in afganistan now than when bush was in office.thought obamee was gonna bring everybody home in his first year.still waiting

[1murillo]

05:38 PM on 07/04/2011

Obama declared (as a candidate) that he would put more troops in Afghanistan then existed at the time. He never said he was going to bring everyone home within 12 months.

[rfmaneater]

11:44 PM on 07/03/2011

WHAT'S IN A NAME?
I am running for office to exact my revenge on all the kids that made fun of my name when I was a kid.

[Chlowina]

11:28 PM on 07/03/2011

Got enough GOPer's to make a baseball team yet?

[Snookhookr]

08:49 AM on 07/04/2011

So you think having a choice of many candidates is a BAD thing?
You Iibs WISH you had an option other than this failed president to choose from. He has been a disaster and you won't admit it because you know that a challenger to him can't win because of the black vote.
You chose your path. Live with it.

[Chlowina]

01:54 PM on 07/04/2011

If my options consisted of those who have robbed the American people and have only one goal in mind and that is to get a high paying job and to skrew the people, then, yes, if I had to pick from your field of candidates, one or two good ones would be enough for me. Says very little for you that you need a dozen candidates to choose from.

Disaster=bush.

[1murillo]

05:46 PM on 07/04/2011

Having a choice between dozens of candidates won't make a difference if they're all poor candidates. If Obama were a poor or weak candidate there would be challengers, there's nothing to prevent that - look at our past. At the same time, you give African-Americans a lot of power when little power has ever been shown them before. It's not as if Obama automatically gets the "black vote" merely because his father was African. There is a wide range of political thought in all of our citizens, look no further than your Cain, Steele, Powell, Keyes if you want examples.

[sippewissett]

11:20 PM on 07/03/2011

Oh goody, another poseur intent on raising his name recognition. Just what the GOP/TP needs: another "flavor of the week." Yawn.