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..."First and foremost they raised people's taxes - they cared more about the state budget than about people's family budgets." McCotter says. "When you suck the life blood of people's hard-earned savings, you tend to drive the economy down further than it already was." McCotter's concern is that Michigan's plight could be a harbinger for the nation if Barack Obama is elected president and raises taxes on those making over $250,000, as planned. "We've seen in Michigan -- you start off taxing people who are disliked, that has a negative affect on the economy and then you come back and...

In the past few weeks the media has speculated as to how John McCain could possibly draw attention away from the Democratic Convention and maintain a presence in the headlines. Perhaps by a stroke a genius, the McCain campaign made the decision to shock pundits and Obama surrogates by not drawing attention to himself, but rather by highlighting Democratic Leadership that has blatantly ignored a large portion of their base and alienated over 50% of Hillary Clinton's supporters... But today's release of an ad featuring "Debra" will perhaps prove to be the most damaging to the DNC's Unity Fest. You...