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Black Republicans are making a run for a number of big elections this year. In Maryland, Michael Steele wants retiring Democrat Paul Sarbanes' Senate seat. Keith Butler is also running for Senate, from Michigan. Lynn Swann, the former Pittsburgh Steelers star, wants to be governor of the Keystone State. Randy Daniels would like to be governor of New York. And gunning for governor in a key presidential electoral state there is the great black hope for the Republican Party, Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. The "great black hope" is probably the last phrase Blackwell would use to describe himself...

The Livingston County Teenage Republicans are having a Meet the Candidate night this Thursday, July 28 featuring US Senate Candidate Keith Butler. Keith Butler is running against Debbie Stabenow. He's a solid conservative and is the only Republican to win in the last 30 years in the City of Detroit. He's an excellent speaker and barring any surprises such as Mike Rogers or Candice Miller running, will have my vote in the 2006. I encourage everyone Mid Michigan or SE Michigan to come to this event and hear him speak. This is free to all conservatives and republicans. Meet the...

Jack Kemp, JC Watts To Head Butler for U.S. Senate National Fundraising Effort Lathrup Village—Two of the GOP’s most prominent national leaders have signed on as Co-Chairs of Keith Butler’s national finance committee. Jack Kemp and JC Watts, two of the Republican Party’s most prominent leaders and spokesmen have agreed to head up Keith Butler’s national fundraising efforts. “Jack and JC are two people that I greatly admire. They have both served this country with honesty and integrity. I am very grateful that they will help me in my campaign,” said Keith Butler, candidate for the U.S. Senate. The Butler...

AP Exclusive: Jane Abraham decides not to run for U.S. Senate 7/13/2005, 6:26 p.m. ET By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Jane Abraham has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate, avoiding a possible showdown with the woman who defeated her husband for the seat five years ago. Abraham, 43, has talked to party officials and traveled to Michigan to meet with party activists to discuss a possible run in past months. But she told The Associated Press on Wednesday that family considerations made her decide to stay out of the race. "It is...

Butler Endorsed By 15 State Senators and State Representatives Wednesday June 8, 1:47 pm ET SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Keith Butler received the endorsement of 15 key state senators and representatives today. Senators Jason Allen, Alan Cropsey, Valde Garcia, Bill Hardiman, Ron Jelinek, and Tony Stamas joined the Butler Team. Also joining the Butler Team were State Representatives Tom Casperson, Judy Emmons, John Garfield, Bob Gosselin, Scott Hummel, Jim Marleau, Fulton Sheen, John Stahl, and Howard Walker. "Keith Butler is a candidate that voters across this state can be proud of. He has the vision and integrity we...

Poll says Stabenow holds big lead over GOP rivals 6/2/2005, 12:59 a.m. ET The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow held big leads over three declared Republican challengers and one possible rival in the 2006 election, according to a recent poll of likely Michigan voters. The first-term senator held leads of 27 percent to 29 percent in the poll of 600 people conducted May 22-26 by Lansing-based EPIC/MRA. The results have a margin of sampling error of 4 percentage points either way. Michigan Republican Chairman Saul Anuzis told The Detroit News that "it is very,...

Mike Cox endorses Keith Butler for U.S. Senate 5/12/2005, 1:46 p.m. ET The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Keith Butler got a major endorsement in his run for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination when Attorney General Mike Cox announced Thursday that he backed the Southfield minister. Butler, 49, is one of several Republicans hoping to take on Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Lansing in 2006. Cox said he's backing Butler because he would be a strong and effective advocate for Michigan. "He has made a difference because he's a man of principle, a man of honor," said Cox, one...

OFF TO THE RACES Butler's Chances Black Minister From Detroit May Prove To Be A GOP Exception By Charlie Cook Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Central to the job of a political analyst is to assess the partisanship and voting patterns of a state or congressional district, the strengths and weaknesses of the incumbent if one is running and of the other candidates in the field, the availability of resources and any other circumstances that might become important in the contest, and then weigh the importance of each of these factors. After almost three decades of watching congressional elections, I have...

GOP vowing to attract black voters Web-posted Apr 17, 2005 By SVEN GUSTAFSON Of The Daily Oakland Press Last month, a bill to erect a Ten Commandments monument in the Capitol building passed the state House with six black Democrats, among other bipartisan backing, supporting the Republican initiative. Just last week, the Rev. Keith Butler, founder of the 21,000-member Word of Faith International Christian Church Center in Southfield and a black Republican, formally threw his hat into the race for the GOP nomination for a seat in the U.S. Senate. With one former Republican National Committee chairman boldly predicting after...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The Rev. Keith Butler is expected Tuesday to jump into the Republican race for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democrat Debbie Stabenow, according to Dave Doyle of Lansing-based Marketing Resource Group, which is helping with Butler's campaign. Butler is the founding pastor of the 21,000-member nondenominational Word of Faith International Christian Center Church in Southfield and a former Detroit City Council member. According to his Web site, his 1989 election made him the first known Republican elected to the council since before World War II. Butler plans to unveil his candidacy during a two-day...

Liberal college students have once again illustrated their never-ending quest for tolerance and their vast ability to think critically about ideas in opposition to their own. Yes, I’m talking about yet another pie-throwing incident involving a conservative speaker on a college campus. The latest chapter in this pathetic story took place at Butler University on Wednesday, April 6. Conservative activist and President of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture David Horowitz was early in his lecture at Butler when he was struck with a pie. “There’s a wave of violence on college campuses, committed by what I’d call...

(Indianapolis) - Someone threw a pie at conservative commentator David Horowitz during a lecture at Butler University in Indianapolis Wednesday night. It's the second time in a week a conservative has been hit by a pie at an Indiana school. Witnesses say there was some "pushing and shoving" when Horowitz's supporters followed the pie-throwers out of the hall, but the attackers got away. After the incident, Horowitz completed his lecture. A Butler spokesman called the incident "deplorable." Horowitz has criticized what he calls the "leftist domination" of college campuses. On his blog Wednesdaynight, Horowitz spoke of "a wave of leftist...

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TORONTO, Sept. 13 - The premiere on Tuesday night of a sympathetic documentary about Senator John Kerry stakes out new territory at the crossroads of politics and cinema: will audiences pay to see what amounts to a two-hour political tribute to a man spotlighted free on the news every night? Can a theatrically released feature film create last-minute momentum for a presidential candidate? Could the effort boomerang? Those questions, similar to ones raised by Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," loom large as "Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry," directed by a longtime friend of Mr. Kerry, George...

Those who flung accusations of "liar" at President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair last summer over the causes of the war with Iraq surely owe the two men an apology. It is, of course, pretty hard to imagine the word "sorry" would ever cross their lips, but if we live in a world where right and wrong mean something, the accusers should eat their words. Tomorrow, the long-awaited report of the September 11 commission will see the light of day. It follows on the heels of the Senate intelligence report and the so-called Butler report published in London,...

MEMORANDUM TO: OPINION LEADERSFROM: GARY SCHMITTSUBJECT: Iraq's Attempts to Acquire Uranium from NigerIn his 2003 State of the Union speech, President Bush said "the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." Since then, this statement has been criticized by Former Ambassador Joe Wilson and others as relying on flimsy or non-existent intelligence. Today, however, the British government released a report titled "Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction,"* which, on page 125 (paragraph 503), states: "From our examination of the intelligence and other material on Iraqi attempts to buy uranium from...

Yellowcake: Joe Wilson Skating on Thin Ice By Andrew L. Jaffee, July 14, 2004 Home   Search   Forum   Terms Remember President Bush’s State of the Union Address in 2003? During his speech, Bush spoke of Iraqi attempts to buy uranium oxide -- now infamously known as “yellowcake” -- from Niger. The President’s assertion about a Nigerian uranium connection was attributed to British, not American, intelligence. Now, do you remember Joseph C. Wilson IV, the one-time CIA operative in Niger? He told the Washington Post that President Bush ignored his warning that it was “highly unlikely” that Iraq tried to buy yellowcake from Niger....

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 27 — The man who would be president takes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches — on whole wheat, strawberry jelly preferred to grape — twice a day on the campaign trail. He wears $15 reading glasses, off the rack at CVS. Before bedtime, he starts but rarely finishes movies like "Seabiscuit" and "The Blues Brothers" in his hotel suite. Come morning, he leaves $20 for the maid. Voters do not learn these tidbits about Senator John Kerry, the all-but-crowned Democratic nominee for president, from his campaign Web site, his public speeches or his television advertisements. These and...

John Kerry,man of the people,and his butler. "I can't help with policy, I don't do press," said Mr. Nicholson, 32, a former bartender and golf caddie who never voted before meeting Mr. Kerry in 1998. "When he wants that peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I'm ready."

Beacon Hill blue blood John Kerry likes to portray himself as the presidential candidate of the common man. But there's one common man he finds indispensable on the campaign trail: his butler. Like a scene out of the old British drama "Upstairs Downstairs," Kerry would be helpless without his trusty manservant Marvin Nicholson by his side, who stands ready to cater to his master's every whim, according to the New York Times today. "When he wants that peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I'm ready," Nicholson told the Times. Of Nicholson's omnipresence on the campaign trail, the paper noted, "Mr. Kerry...