The former Republican presidential hopeful will be speaking at the fundraising dinner for the Waterford-based Oakdale School.
Former Republican senator and presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, will speak in Troy at Oakdale Academy as part of a “Liberty Campaign Dinner” fundraising event.
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Today is primary day in Michigan, when voters mark their ballots with their choice for who should run for president of the United States in November. Republican hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum headed into Tuesday's primary race neck and neck, trailed by several other candidates on the GOP ticket. President Barack Obama is the sole candidate on the Democrats' ballot. The Dems will caucus for their candidate May 5. There are some local issues on the ballots, too, such as a school bond proposal in Ferndale and a millage request in Clawson. We want to know how you voted and why and what's going on at the polls, campaign headquarters and at results-watching parties. Give us your thoughts, talk amongst yourselves, share some photos in …
During a breakfast co-sponsored by the Greater Farmington Area and Livonia Chambers, the Republican candidate covered a wide range of topics.
Farmington resident Thomas Donovan came to this morning's breakfast with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum thinking he would probably vote for Santorum's chief rival in tomorrow's primary election. He left St. Mary's Cultural Center in Livonia less sure about that. "Before I came today, I was probably in the Romney camp, and after hearing him (Santorum) speak, I started having second thoughts," Donovan said. "I'll have to think about it long and hard before I go into the polls tomorrow." Co-sponsored by the Greater Farmington Area and Livonia chambers of commerce, the event marked the second appearance by a major Republican presidential candidate in less than two weeks. Romney appeared in Farmington Hills on Feb. 16. With …
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Gov. Snyder and a 'special musical guest' will join the Republican candidate at the Royal Oak Music Theatre the night before the presidential primary.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been hitting Michigan hard the few days before Tuesday's presidential primary and now plans to make a stop in Royal Oak on Monday evening. Gov. Rick Syder and a "special musical guest from Detroit" are scheduled to join Romney and his “Earn It” bus tour to the Royal Oak Music Theatre from 6:15-7:30 p.m. The Michigan native and former Massachusetts governor starts the day with an 8:45 a.m. rally in Rockford and then in Albion at 1 p.m. for a rally. Romney and fellow GOP hopeful Rick Santorum appeared at a conservative rally Saturday in Troy. Santorum is scheduled to attend the Livonia/Farmington Area Chamber of Commerce Breakfast this morning in Livonia before taking his campaign bus to …
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10:04 pm on Monday, February 27, 2012
Tomorrow Michiganians should give Newt Gingrich the same respect he gave our state, insulting us and the two leading candidates in the same sentence. He didn't bother to campaign here; why should we vote for him? Gingrich is either whiny or attacking and he's fading fast. Pick one of the other candidates and send him a message. Insulting an entire state worked well for Huntsman ("in Iowa they … more ›
Obama spots add to TV blitz; Troy primary night party set; candidate's Brighton tale stars 'frugal dad.'
Patch presents a Michigan presidential campaign roundup. Mitt Romney earns a point for openness, but risks losing it for over-sharing. "I like the fact that most of the cars I see (locally) are Detroit-made automobiles," he told Detroit Economic Club members on Friday. "I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pickup truck. Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually." He was referring to his wife's 2007 and 2010 SRX models at their Massachusetts and California homes, aides explained. (Speech excerpt video embedded at right.) The off-script remark created a bull's-eye too inviting to ignore. "That's rich, literally," ex-Detroiter Charles Blow writes in his New York Times column. That was one poke among plenty, a headline sampling shows: Slate blogger …
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7:12 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012
This is an example of more leftist media propaganda which zeros in on the GOP candidate and gives all Democrats, including Obama, a blanket free pass from any criticism during the election season. Anyone who thinks rich Democrats in Washington do not drive two luxury cars have buried their heads in the sand. Besides,, who really cares unless you are trying to trash Romney and the GOP? It is … more ›
A large enthusiastic group cheers the GOP presidential candidates and conservative ideals Saturday at Troy's San Marino Club.
More than 1,000 people crowded into the San Marino Club in Troy on Saturday to attend the Michigan Prosperity Forum, a rally hosted by Americans for Prosperity – Michigan just three days before the presidential primary. The conservative organization – which has roughly 67,000 members in Michigan, according to Americans for Prosperity president Tim Phillips – brought in several notable speakers, including conservative journalist Michelle Malkin, commentator and online publisher Andrew Breitbart, WJR radio show host Frank Beckmann and former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain in addition to presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. Saline resident Cindy Vlisides attended the event with her husband "to support my conservative …
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6:49 pm on Saturday, March 3, 2012
Here's a moment of hilarity. http://motherjones.com/media/2012/03/mark-fiore-cartoon-2012-election-gop-primary-race more ›
The 2012 primary is Tuesday. Four years ago, Mitt Romney won 43 percent of Republican primary votes in Royal Oak, Hillary Clinton took 52 percent of Democrats' votes and Barack Obama was not even on the ballot.
Though he didn’t attend college in Michigan and hasn't lived here full time since graduating from the all-boys Cranbrook in 1965, Mitt Romney has a string of local touchstones. He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, married a schoolmate from that city and is the son of a popular ex-governor (George Romney, 1963-69). Mitt Romney easily won his boyhood state, and Royal Oak, in the Republican presidential primary in 2008. The former Massachusetts governor took 43 percent of the vote in Royal Oak; U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona was the runner up with 30 percent. Four years later, just days before the Feb. 28 Michigan primary, statewide surveys show leading candidates Rick Santorum and Romney in a dead heat. Santorum, a former U.S. senator from …
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The Saturday rally at the San Marino Club is sponsored by Americans for Prosperity – Michigan.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 9:30 p.m. Thursday to include Rick Santorum's announcement that he will also be attending the rally in Troy on Saturday. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, who campaigned in Troy in November, and Rick Santorum will address a crowd of more than 1,000 during the Michigan Prosperity Forum on Saturday at the San Marino Club in Troy. The event runs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Romney and Santorum will join speakers Herman Cain, Michelle Malkin, Andrew Breitbart and Frank Beckmann, among others. “Because this event takes place just three days before Michigan’s primary election, this is a perfect time to ensure our issues have a prominent place within the national dialogue in this year’s elections,” said …
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9:28 am on Saturday, February 25, 2012
yes, lower middle class tax rates and raise millionaires taxes. Let's not forget: The middle class is relatively new. Prior to the 20th Century, you were either upper class (rich) or lower class (poor). Union jobs and higher wages for lower class people helped create the middle class. People didn't always live in suburbs. more ›
Romney gets lackluster endorsement from Free Press while Detroit News calls foul on editing of editorial by Romney staff; Paul reaches out with commercials and college campus visits.
Patch presents Michigan presidential campaign roundups before the Republican primary Tuesday. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has won the endorsement of the Detroit Free Press, but it's a reluctant one. The headline: "Mitt Romney is best – but we urge him to recapture collaborative spirit." After citing all the things about Romney it doesn't like, the Free Press says: "Romney, unlike the zealous Rick Santorum, the impulsive Newt Gingrich and the backward-thinking Ron Paul, is preferable to the rest of the field." A trio of statewide surveys gives cliché-cherishing writers a chance to reuse "razor-thin," "down to the wire" or "dead heat." We'll go with tight: "Michigan is neck-and-neck," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist …
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6:34 pm on Sunday, February 26, 2012
Lianne, Yes I believe the companies are responsible to do the right thing to protect the environment. They have a responsibility to do the right thing and the regulators have a responsibility to tell them the right things to do. The best scenario is when they both work together to write the regulation and then keep an eye on each other to comply. In my earlier reply in the Gulf oil spill all 3 … more ›
Leading Republican primary candidates are spending big money ahead of state primary Tuesday.
Patch presents Michigan presidential campaign roundups before the Republican primary Feb. 28. A new NBC News/Marist poll shows Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum locked in a statistical tie. In Michigan – which has turned into a make-or-break contest for Romney – the former Massachusetts governor gets the support of 37 percent of likely GOP primary voters, including those who are leaning toward a particular candidate, the poll shows. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, has 35 percent support, followed by Texas Rep. Ron Paul at 13 percent and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 8 percent. “Michigan is neck and neck,” said pollster Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion…
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8:37 am on Friday, March 2, 2012
But wait, there's still more - Boehner just announced his latest JOBS Bill: March 1, 2012 "Boehner Vows to Continue Contraception Fight" http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/boehner-vows-to-continue-contraception-fight/ Okay, they DO know we all don't have short-term memory loss, right? Otherwise, they might be concerned over the hypocrisy of "taking away our religious freedom". "Twenty-… more ›
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5:59 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Right, because the President's salary ($400,000, or slightly more than Willard "Mitt" Romney made from speeches in 2010) is why we have a budget deficit. more ›