Yesterday CQ, Today Cook and Swingstate Move MI-09 to Toss-Up
Yesterday, we found that CongressionalQuarterly had moved the race in the MI-09, Democratic challenger Gary Peters is taking on Republican sloth from "leans Republican" to "no clear favorite." Last...
View ArticleMI-07, MI-09: McCain pulls out of Michigan, cripples Republicans downticket
With Michigan Republican Representatives Tim Walberg (MI-07) and Joe Knollenberg (MI-09) both trailing their Democratic opponents (Mark Schauer and Gary Peters, respectively), the incumbents were no...
View ArticleMcCain, Joe Knollenberg, Brooks Patterson: The Last Hurrah
Cross-posted at BloggingforMichigan.com The other night, I did a double-take when a "re-elect Joe Knollenberg" (MI-09) ad aired on TV. The ad gave a starring role to L. Brooks Patterson, the Oakland...
View ArticleMichigan Democratic Party Launches New Site Targeting Joe Knollenberg
On Wednesday the Michigan Democratic Party took direct aim and Joe Knollenberg with a new web site.
View ArticleMI-09: The PFAW Fundraising Contest
What do you do when you're challenging an 8-term GOP incumbent in a district where the theretofor unknown '06 challenger gamely lost by only 6 percentage points in spite of raising just over $400,000,...
View ArticleMichigan GOP In Total Meltdown
Cross-posted at MichiganLiberal.com Yesterday morning, I received this email from the Michigan GOP (yes, I am on their e-mail list..need to keep up with the other side!) : Dear _____ Today, you may...
View ArticleFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Poll: Peters Up 43-40 in MI-09
If you haven't noticed--and by the number of responses I've been getting, you haven't--we've been reporting here for some time now that the 9th District race in Michigan, where Red-to-Blue candidate...
View ArticleFOLLOWING THE POLLS: The Thursday Edition (Incl. New NC #s!)
So it seems that yesterday WAS the calm before the polling storm. After a day in which less than twenty polls hit the streets, this time around we see 40 individual polls in Campaign 2008. Tucked in...
View ArticleMI-09: Polls aplenty
The U.S. House race in Michigan's 9th District, pitting former State Senator and State Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters (D) against incumbent Rep. Joe Knollenberg, has seen a great deal of polling the...
View ArticleFOLLOWING THE POLLS: The Friday Edition
To my thinking, today was bound to be a very interesting polling day. It was a day that the post-debate polling phenomenon would come up against the all-negative, Ayers-heavy attack from Team McCain....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Turn $20 into $3000
Tomorrow is the last day to raise money and supporters for the PFAW Progressive Champion's contest. Currently, MI-09 Democratic candidate Gary Peters is in second place, roughly $2000 behind Judy...
View ArticlePLEASE REC: Bush in Michigan for MI-09 and MI-07 Funder; Your Help Needed
Folks, we got us a presidential fundraiser to combat, and we need your help. Perhaps because the Straight Smear-Talk Express pulled out of Michigan just in time to lose see their polls dive everywhere...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This will be a mandate! Thank You DCCC!
This started as a concern troll type diary pointing to potential pickup opportunities in the House that flew below our radar here at DailyKos. But after seeing where the DCCC is funneling their massive...
View ArticleThanks from MI-09
For the past several weeks I wrote diaries imploring Kossacks to help us in the Michigan 9th to raise some funds for Gary Peters' campaign against GOP incumbent, Joe Knollenberg, through the...
View ArticleFOLLOWING THE POLLS: The Thursday Edition (New CBS Poll: O 52, M 39!!)
When you are trying to claw your way back into the race for president, it is probably not a happy sign that your opponent has one of his best polling days just 12 days prior to the election. Yet that...
View ArticleA final plea on behalf of Congressional candidates
I am devoting this diary to call your attention to a batch of Congressional candidates. Several are incumbents trying to hand on to seats that potentially could be in some jeopardy. Others are...
View ArticleListening to the Locals: Michigan
(In the final days of an election, there is so much information from so many races, it's difficult to stay on top of every story and understand the subtle dynamics often at play on the ground....
View ArticleThe Word from Michigan
First, just to get this out of the way: WOW. Just...wow. OK, down to business: You all know about our two federal-level victories in MI-07 (Mark Schauer) and MI-09 (Gary Peters). Congrats to both Mark...
View ArticleJoe Knollenberg: Wrong ... and Gone.
Seeing Barack Obama win the presidency last night was one of the highlights of my life. I watched CNN with some friends, my wife, and more importantly, with my 14-year-old daughter, and was able to...
View ArticleTen days later: Assortment of post-election thoughts
I've been pretty busy over the last few days, and it's taken a while to collect all of my thoughts toward this election. But, here goes!
View Article
