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Wednesday, March 3,2010

Who says college students don´t vote?

by Kyle Melinn

But running for county commissioner can inject the ambitious with a little extra ho, ho, ho. The 30-year-old Tsernoglou had that. Even if only seven souls out of 1,659 registered voters from East Lansing´s Precinct No. 1 voted in the 2008 August primary for county commission.

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Wednesday, February 24,2010

Will Tea Party believers celebrate in ´10?

by Kyle Melinn

Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher was speaking, sure. But over 5,000 people? Many of whom carrying signs sporting such antigovernment messages as "Wake Up America - Stop The Insanity," "B.O. (Barack Obama) Stinks," "Not Change I Can Believe In?" Weren´t these the fringe whackos who push nonsensical pamphlets on street corners?.

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Wednesday, February 17,2010

The Constitution ends Giddings’ judgeship

by Kyle Melinn

Justice John Paul Stevens is pushing 90 and fellow Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg is blowing out 77 candles next month, Giddings is "aged out" of the state court´s system at 70, denying him an opportunity to serve the two more years he´d need to have been an Ingham County judge for 40 years ' that is, if he had wanted to.

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Wednesday, February 10,2010

Virg could win the Democratic nod if ...

Virg Bernero´s chances at being governor could be good with a few tweaks.

by Kyle Melinn

As political observers watched Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero jump with both feet into the Democratic gubernatorial sweepstakes Monday, the question wasn´t about Bernero´s potential to win. He´s got that. It´s all about whether he can marshal the resources to convince the big swingers in the Democratic Party to bat for him.

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Wednesday, February 3,2010

Dems hope money isn´t everything

by Kyle Melinn

If raising money means everything in political campaigns, this year´s 2010 gubernatorial race is already over. The Democrats have lost. Look at Monday´s campaign finance filings for 2009. The Republicans field consists of: — Rick Snyder, a multi-millionaire who plunked down $2....

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Wednesday, January 27,2010

Beating Rogers ' Kande do it?

by Kyle Melinn

Friends and family alike wonder why the 31-year-old East Lansing High and Michigan State University grad would willing give up a great job as a business analyst for Philadelphiabased Independence Blue Cross to return to Michigan´s 8th Congressional District to challenge five-term incumbent U.

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Wednesday, January 20,2010

Alexander makes his last stand

by Kyle Melinn

Alexander wasn´t deterred. When the county set the Feb. 23 special election primary date to officially fill the seat (roughly encompassing anything in East Lansing west of Abbott Road), Alexander announced his candidacy. If you know Bob, you´re probably not surprised.

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Wednesday, January 13,2010

My breakfast with Mike Rogers

by Kyle Melinn

Beginning his 10th year in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rogers and his Republican Party remain the vocal minority in Washington. They´re like Statler and Waldorf, the two grouchy old men of Muppet show fame, powerless observers who throw pot shots at everything the decision-makers put in front of them.

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Wednesday, January 13,2010

What's inside the head of Andy Dillon?

by Kyle Melinn

Andy Dillon wasn´t running for governor. No yet, at least. He said he needed time to broach the subject with his wife, Carol, and their four kids. He had the House of Representatives to run. Ask again after the summer, he told me. He´d have more to say then.

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Wednesday, January 6,2010

Cherry quits; Virg on cloud nine

by Kyle Melinn

Lt. Gov. John Cherry announced he couldn´t raise the money to be Michigan´s 48th governor. That left only four people standing: a waffling conservative House speaker, a pair of candidates whose campaigns haven´t crossed 2 percent in eight months and Bernero.

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