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South Florida leaders are taking a stand against comments reportedly made by President Donald Trump regarding African and Haitian immigrants. The Miami-Dade County commission denounced the alleged comments with a unanimous vote in favor of a resolution introduced by Commissioner Jean Monestime. “The message I want to send to the president of the United State...

David Jacques, publisher of the Roseburg Beacon, told Bill O’Reilly on Monday that the people of Roseburg would not welcome Barack Obama if he came to town to politicize the funerals of the Umpqua College shooting victims. Madman Chris Harper-Mercer murdered eight students and a teacher last week in a shooting spree on campus. David Jacques and community leaders do not want Obama to come grandstand at the funerals: Well I think the president will not be welcomed into the community. And that is not just my opinion. We talked to dozens upon dozens of citizens, some family members of...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Her voice tired but her passion as strong as ever, Jennifer Gratz took the lectern in a recent debate here and talked about what she's been talking about for nearly a decade. "When we put an emphasis on race or sex through university admissions, through public employment, through policy, we teach people that it is OK to treat people differently," Gratz, 29, said as she debated this fall's Michigan referendum that would ban affirmative action in public education, hiring and contracting. Civil rights leaders said the vote will influence the affirmative action debate nationally. Gratz, a...

Jesse Jackson's traveling circus reportedly flew to Caracas yesterday for a grandstanding visit with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. The announced visit came in the wake of ill-considered remarks from televangelist Pat Robertson who declared that the U.S. ought to try to assassinate Chavez. Jackson went there to show Chavez he's a 'man of peace and goodwill' and probably wanted to curry favor with him, given the opportunity presented by Robertson. And what better way to look good for his U.S. domestic constituents than to be seen in an abrazo embrace with telegenic Hugo Chavez? But a funny thing happened on...

Leading Democratic calls for Cox to resign By AMY F. BAILEY The Associated Press 2/14/03 9:56 AM EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Melvin "Butch" Hollowell, expected to be elected chairman of the state Democratic Party this weekend, said Friday that Republican Attorney General Mike Cox should resign because he's not doing his job as the state's attorney. Hollowell said Cox shouldn't have declined Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm's request to submit a brief supporting the University of Michigan's affirmative action admissions, which is being contested in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Hollowell, a Detroit attorney, said Cox's decision violates...

This Monday, High noon - Auditorium, MSU.

Please Freep this polls, since I expect it to be reported on the 11PM news. BTW - Posthumus was very aggressive which was needed, and called Grandstand out on her lies and corrpution. He won clearly IMO, but I am biased.

First, please don't forget to vote today. I doubt I have to remind anyone here that. Secondly, what's the turnout in your area? Lastly, Go Posthumus, Blanchard, both Dingells, Ficano, Jonathon Grant(over RINO Stewart), Alan Cropsey, Allen Lowe, Steve Vear, Dale Shugars(over RINO Upton), Michelle McManus, and Bob Gosselin.

Democrats hold first televised debate in Marquette By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press 7/18/02 3:51 PM MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) -- The three Democratic candidates for governor held a heated debate Thursday in their first televised meeting. The hour-long verbal matchup at Northern Michigan University was one of two for the Democratic candidates before the Aug. 6 primary. All three aggressively challenged their opponents, shaking fingers at each other at times and raising their voices on more than one occasion. Former Gov. James Blanchard and U.S. Rep. David Bonior both accused Attorney General Jennifer Granholm of working too closely with...

<p>It's getting chippy along the gubernatorial campaign trail. Nothing really nasty, just aggressive elbowing.</p> <p>U.S. Rep. David Bonior, who went into an attack mode early in the campaign, was the target of weekend jabs from contenders from both parties. Republican state Sen. Joe Schwarz branded Bonior "a socialist." Ex-Gov. Jim Blanchard, a fellow Democrat, called him a far-left "Nader Democrat."</p>

School funding a hot topic for candidates Most running for governor would consider changes By Tim Martin Lansing State Journal Most of the candidates to become Michigan's next governor say they would consider changes to the state's public school funding system. The debate comes as many of Michigan's wealthiest school districts - especially those with falling enrollment - contemplate budget cuts. They want changes in state law that could let them get more money for operating expenses such as salaries and academic programs. Democrats David Bonior and Jennifer Granholm and Republican John Schwarz say they would consider giving local voters...

County Democratic Party's ads could attack Granholm St. Clair County Democrats are backing Bonior By Chris Andrews Lansing State Journal The St. Clair County Democratic Party is raising money for statewide ads, raising concerns in Attorney General Jennifer Granholm's camp that the local party plans to attack her candidacy. The county party decided to set up the media account at an October meeting, shortly after endorsing U.S. Rep. David Bonior for governor. Officials won't say how much they've raised for the issues-oriented ads. Bonior, Granholm and former Gov. James Blanchard are seeking the Democratic nomination in the Aug. 6 primary....