Tag Archives: Debbie Stabenow

Election Night 2012… results, interpretation, and celebration

By Mark | November 6, 2012

OK, I’ve got my beer and I’m in front of a television… let’s do this, America. 8:13 I just talked with Growing Hope’s Amanda Edmonds. She heard from a friend of hers this morning that there was a handwritten sign telling voters at the Huron County Township Hall that state-issued voter ID was mandatory. Amanda […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan Grayson, Amanda Edmonds, Bridget M. McCormack, Carol Kuhnke, collective bargaining, Congress, Connie Marie Kelley, Donald Trump, Election Day, election results, electronic voting, Elizabeth Warren, Florida, Gretchen Driskell, Indiana, Jeff Meyers, Jim Fink, Kerry Bentivolio, legitimate rape, Mark Ouimet, Massachusetts, Michele Bachmann, Obama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pete Hoekstra, Presidential politics, rape, Richard Mourdock, Romney, Senate, Shelia Johnson, solar powered abortion equipment, Steve Pierce, Syed Taj, Tammy Baldwin, tea party, Thayrone X, Todd Akin, Van Jones, Victoria Jackson, Virginia, voter suppression, WAAM, Wisconsin | 126 Comments

As I think it’s probably against the law for me to command you to vote a certain way tomorrow, let’s just call this friendly advice

By Mark | November 6, 2012

Last night, I told you how I intend to vote on Michigan’s six state-wide ballot proposals. And, tonight, my plan, if I can keep from falling asleep, is to tell you what I think about all of the races for elected office, and the local proposals that we’ll be voting on in Ypsilanti. Before we […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Zemke, Andy LaBarre, Brian Mackie, Brian Mosallam, Bridget Mary McCormack, Carol Kuhnke, Catherine McClary, Charter Revision Commission, City Charter, Conan Smith, Connie Marie Kelley, consolidation, David Rutledge, Diane McKnight Morton, D’Real Graham, Election Day, Election Protection Coalition, Emergency Manager, Evan Pratt, Felicia Brabec, Gary Peters, Gretchen Driskill, Jeff Irwin, Jerry Clayton, Joel Ferguson, John Dingell, Kim Trent, Kurt Haskell, Lawrence Kestenbaum, Lois Richardson, Lupe Ramos-Montigny, Mark Bernstein, Michael Woodyard, Michelle Fecteau, Obama, Patrick McLean, Pete Murdock, Richard Landau, Rolland Sizemore, Ronnie Peterson, Sandra Hughes O’Brien, Shauna Ryder Diggs, Sheila Johnson, Susan Moeller, Syed Taj, Wes Prater, Yousef Rabhi, Ypsi Public School District, Ypsilanti School Board | 50 Comments

AnnArbor.com heroically pushes yet further into the post-journalism frontier, selling their front page to Pete Hoekstra for a desperate, ill-conceived Stabenow smear

By Mark | September 26, 2012

I’m tempted to express outrage, but, the truth is, it’s a weak campaign, and, as Hoekstra is polling a full 16 points behind Stabenow, I don’t think it really matters. In fact, I’m kind of happy to see team Hoekstra pissing away what’s left in their coffers like this. In fact, here’s hoping the folks […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Media, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged advertising, AnnArbor.com, Newhouse Newspapers, newspapers, Pete Hoekstra, political ads, Senate, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism | 29 Comments

As no one from the press has contacted me, and as no lobbyists have dropped by with expensive gifts, I’m going to assume that Stabenow beat me in the primary

By Mark | August 8, 2012

This was sent in yesterday by an anonymous reader… who apparently doesn’t have a very high opinion of Debbie Stabenow. Speaking of Stabenow, as we all seem to have problems with her, why don’t we find a credible progressive candidate to run against her? Is she really so powerful that no one can beat her, […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Politics | Also tagged ballot, democratic primary | 12 Comments

We need to come together the same way we did when we crushed SOPA, and pass the DISCLOSE Act on Monday

By Mark | July 14, 2012

As of right now, it looks as though the DISCLOSE Act is set to go before the Senate for a cloture vote on Monday afternoon. If you haven’t done so already, I’d appreciate it if you would join me in signing the petition now. And, if you have the time, it would great if you […]