Barack Obama Michigan

Stronger Local Economy Could Hurt Mitt's Chances In The Mitten

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 04.19.2012

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LANSING, Mich. -- The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, Presid...

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Hot-N-Ready: $1 Million Pizza Party For Obama

Posted 04.11.2012

UPDATE: 1:45 p.m. -- Despite reports, caterers for Denise Ilitch's fundraiser for President Obama will not -- we repeat not -- be serving pizza at the...

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Obama Michigan Ad Hits Romney On Auto Bailout

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 02.23.2012

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Barack Obama's re-election campaign released on Thursday a new television ad that will air in Michigan and highlight the president's handling of and s...

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Obama Talks Jobs In Key State

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 10.11.2011

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NEW YORK — Aligning himself with a public fed up with economic uncertainty and Washington gridlock, President Barack Obama declared Thursday: "T...

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McCain Pulling Out Of Michigan

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Politico reports that John McCain's electoral map is getting smaller: John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a st...

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Obama In Michigan: McCain "Doesn't Get It"

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that his rival John McCain is out of touch with the economic ...

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Obama Has Advantages in Battleground State of Michigan

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

The youth vote in Michigan may be the deciding factor for Obama in November with increased registration, participation and perception of Obama as "cool" amongst young voters.

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Racism Hurts Obama In Michigan

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Michigan's history of racial tensions is tugging against its Democratic tendencies, giving Barack Obama fits in a state w...

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Axelrod On Florida, Michigan: We'll Go More Than Halfway

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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NPR just sent out a press release with excerpts of an interview Obama Chief Strategist David Axelrod gave "All Things Considered" host Michele Norris,...

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Obama's Florida Compromise: Delegates Count For Half

Election Central | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama is now floating a compromise on the Florida situation, telling the St. Petersburg Times that one idea would be to cut the delegations' si...

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How Obama Ended Up On (And Off) The Michigan Ballot

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's an argument Sen. Hillary Clinton has made countless times. Asked why the unofficial results of the Michigan primary should be considered legitima...

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Bill Clinton: No Revotes Deliberate Attempt To Disenfranchise Voters

Political Radar | Sarah Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former President Bill Clinton celebrated the Polish holiday Dingus Day in South Bend, IN this morning, rallying Hooisers around his wife Hillary's cam...

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Michigan Primary Revote In Limbo

Detroit News | Mark Hornbeck and Deb Price | Posted 05.25.2011

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State lawmakers looking at a Democratic presidential primary redo in Michigan appear to be locked in a standoff heading into a crucial week: Legislati...

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DNC Official: Delegates Won't Be Seated Without Revote

Boston Globe | Brian Mooney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Unless Florida and Michigan Democrats devise workable plans to redo their outlaw primaries, there is no chance the national party will yield to pressu...

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Florida And Michigan Remain In Spotlight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean may only be getting a taste of what could be a grueling march to the Pennsylvania primary and beyond, ...

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DNC Source: Michigan Dems Will Caucus

The New Republic | S.V. Date | Posted 05.25.2011

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A member of the DNC's Rules And Bylaws Committee--the committee that stripped Florida and Michigan of its delegates for moving their primaries before ...

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David Gregory Gives Obama A Pass On "I Won Michigan" Slip

Huffington Post via Newsbusters | Posted 05.25.2011

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This morning on the "Today" show, David Gregory interviewed Barack Obama about last night's primary results. Gregory challenged Obama by saying, "you ...

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Clinton, Obama Court Auto Industry In Nod To Michigan Delegates

Michigan Liberal | Hazen Pingree | Posted 05.25.2011

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You won't see either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in Michigan, but from all appearances they are now locked in a spirited battle for our delegates....

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Hillary: Michigan Victory Overcame "Very Vigorous" Campaigning Against Her

Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Hillary Rodham (D-N.Y.) mocked Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) tonight for his high-flown rhetoric, suggesting she would fight important fights whe...

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Price Tag Precludes Re-Vote In Michigan And Florida

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The controversial Florida and Michigan Democratic primaries will most likely not be rescheduled, as some activists have recently demanded, according ...

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Michigan GOP Chair Says Obama "Pet Rock" Of '08 Campaign

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michigan GOP Chairman Saul Anuzis has a new nickname for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.): "pet rock." Speaking to a gathering of GOP stalwarts tonight, An...

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