Michigan legislative action thread
Posted on 07/09/2014 2:36:53 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land (R) brought in more than $3.35 million in second quarter fundraising, besting her Senate opponent Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) by more than $1.3 million.
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The Republican's numbers came from more than $2.15 million raised and a personal contribution of $1.2 million, her campaign announced Wednesday. At the end of June, Land had more than $5.25 million cash on hand. She has outpaced Peters in donations during every fundraising quarter since entering the race to clinch retiring Rep. Carl Levin's (D-Mich.) seat. Peters' campaign announced Wednesday that the congressman has raised nearly $2 million in the second quarter, bringing his total raised for the cycle to $6.7 million.
"Terri Lynn Land has outraised Congressman Peters in every quarter because Michiganders are looking for a U.S. Senator who will put Michigan first and stop the job-killing policies that are coming from Congressman Peters and his allies in Washington, D.C.," said Heather Swift, Land campaign spokeswoman.
Though he lags behind Land in fundraising, Peters is seen to be leading his opponent in the Senate race, with six statewide polls in a row showing him ahead. The most recent of these surveys, from Democratic automated firm Public Policy Polling, found Peters topping Land by five percentage points.
Peters' campaign has not yet announced its cash on hand or its spending during the second quarter.
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Land has been getting bad press, so this is good news. The race seems to be slightly in Peters’ favor, but with a large undecided vote and continued opposition to Obamacare.
Leading in financial donations is not at all the same thing as winning the election, which is subject to a VAST number of unknown and uncertain variables.
There are still a lot of low-information POTENTIAL voters out there. The trick is to lull them into staying home, while energizing your own base to very high activity and enthusiasm level.
Money does help there.
What helps most in Michigan these days are new voting laws and an Attorney General and SOS who take them seriously.
In an environment where the GOP leadership is adamant about not overturning ObamaCare (ie - in ordinary language, where the GOP leadership tacitly supports ObamaCare), it makes no difference at all whether a candidate is for or against ObamaCare, since there will be no movement either way.
What matters is whether Land supports the GOP establishment, or opposes them.
Land has been outspoken against Obamacare. There isn’t much talk about it recently but it will come up again when new cost increases hit shortly before the election.
Peters took a beating in the last round of arguments over Obamacare.
But the question is: what exactly will opposing ObamaCare accomplish, with the GOP leadership tacitly supporting it? Opposing ObamaCare, while supporting the leadership which supports it, is meaningless political theater.
My question is: what is Land’s position with respect to the GOP leadership?
She’s a mixed bag. She’s got an establishment pedigree but has not gone out of her way to antagonize either the tea party or the establishment.
Solid conservative FReepers who know her say she has rare integrity seldom found in career politicians.
A “you have to elect her to see what she is” type of candidate? I hope the Freepers you mention are right, and she isn’t just another rubber stamp for the Kentucky version of Harry Reid.
Thanks for your response.
I guess the democrat would be better because we know he’s an Obama rubber stamp.
Her position is that she’s in favor of GOP leadership, as opposed to the g*d damn democrat, who’s in favor of the communist leadership of King Hussien Obama, raising taxes, and sucking the brains out of nearly full term babies.
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