Obama Michigan

Anti-Obama Flyer Compares Obama To Nazis, Warns 'Holocaust Is Coming'

Posted 04.30.2012

A number of flyers reportedly posted on parking meters in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich., have created a stir for their imagery, which attempts to conne...

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

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 04.19.2012

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

Obama Escalates Campaign With Midwest Swing

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 04.18.2012

ELYRIA, Ohio — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that his Republican rivals are sincere, patriotic and absolutely wrong about how to reinvig...

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...

Obama Michigan Ad Hits Romney On Auto Bailout

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 02.23.2012

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...

Obama, Korean President Pitching Trade Deal In Michigan

Posted 12.14.2011

By JIM KUHNHENN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak are promoting ...

Obama On Responsibility For Economy: "Give It To Me"

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

WARREN, Mich. — Conceding unemployment will get worse before it shrinks, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to help c...

Polls: Obama Surging In Four Battleground States

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Quinnipiac finds that Barack Obama now polls ahead of John McCain, and over 50 percent, in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. In three of th...

Actor Forest Whitaker Stumps for Obama in Michigan: "It's Time We Stand Up for Our Country"

Andrea King Collier | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrea King Collier

"I can feel a tide of change in the country," Whitaker said. "It comes not just from this financial crisis but from concern over problems that have been building up over a number of years."

Help Bring Tina Fey to the Wolverines!

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Lisa Derrick

Local Michigan Republicans have started a petition to bring Sarah Palin back to Michigan. Dems want to do 'em one better by bringin' Tina Fey to Michigan. *wink*

Economic Crisis Plays To Obama's Advantage In Michigan: McCain Cedes State

Andrea King Collier and Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrea King Collier and Dan Treul

Even as the McCain campaign was preparing to announce its withdrawal from Michigan yesterday, Barack Obama came out swinging on populist issues in the...

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

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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

McCain Pulling Out Of Michigan

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

Obama Has Advantages in Battleground State of Michigan

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Savage

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.

Sam Stein

Obama Hits McCain's Foreign Car Ownership

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

This is micro-politics, but the Obama campaign is looking for leverage in Michigan by taking McCain to task for not being truthful about the number of...

Sam Stein

McCain Aides Earned Nearly $2.4 Million From Foreign Car Manufacturers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Early on Tuesday, Barack Obama's presidential campaign launched an ad in Michigan pointing out that, despite assurances that he only purchased domesti...

Women Rally For Obama In Battleground Michigan

Andrea King Collier | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrea King Collier

"The way we keep G.O.P. strategists from stealing the election is to get out to vote and make sure that it's not a contested race. We don't want it to be close..."

Racism Hurts Obama In Michigan

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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

Obama Condemns "Shameless" McCain Campaign (Live from MI)

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Ari Melber

Obama was clearly on a tear Monday night. He blasted McCain for outlining economic "polices that are identical to George Bush's" and ridiculed Palin for claiming she is a change agent.

Obama's Energy Plan Calls For Innovation, Conservation (VIDEO)

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama spoke today, outlining his energy plan. He gave three main points, which are summarized in the video below. WATCH: Barack Obama's ene...

Polls Show Democrats Drawing Together Behind Obama

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 05.25.2011

Daniel Nichanian

An eagerly anticipated set of swing-state polls suggest Obama's support is reaching toward the levels boasted by Clinton last month, signaling a unifying Democratic base.

Does Obama have a thing for Michigan?

Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Treul

If Obama aims to win without having to carry Florida and Ohio, then Michigan and its 17 electoral votes will be critical, which explains the campaign's preference for staging big announcements there.

Lanny Davis Outlines Michigan, Florida Compromise

Politico | Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Here are two important neutral principles that should guide the Democratic National Committee's Rules Committee when they meet May 31 to decide whethe...

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

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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

Obama's Florida Compromise: Delegates Count For Half

Election Central | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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...