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From NBC/NJ's Erin McPikeWARREN, Mich.&amp;nbsp;-- Romney descended on the Wolverine State this morning and started throwing punches at McCain as soon as he hit the ground. 
Speaking for just more than 10 minutes at Macomb Community College, his stump</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572316</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:59:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572316</guid><dc:creator>larry</dc:creator><description>the guys name is &amp;quot;Mitt&amp;quot; for crying out loud. &amp;nbsp;He is a whale pants wearing, country club republican, not a commander in chief. We are at War, we need a leader not a corporate executive....</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572332</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:06:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572332</guid><dc:creator>Bradley Williams, Pontiac, Michigan</dc:creator><description>Welcome home, Mitt!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Michigan needs you as much as you need Michigan!</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572335</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:07:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572335</guid><dc:creator>James Cannon, Lansing, Michigan</dc:creator><description>Michigan will turn things around dramatically for Mitt Romney...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And then we'll all have a good laugh at how biased and negative MSNBC was toward his campaign.&lt;br&gt;(Are you listening Dodd?)</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572350</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:11:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572350</guid><dc:creator>Katie Psarras, Detroit, Mich</dc:creator><description>Michigan needs help... Romney can provide it - he's the only one who REALLY cares about the state!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Huckabee would be an economic disaster for the auto industry - considering he doesn't even know how to change his own spark plugs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain can bring a war to Michigan - but he can't bring recovery.</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572371</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:18:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572371</guid><dc:creator>Jay, Provo, UT</dc:creator><description>Great remarks concerning MI and the economy of the US as a whole. &amp;nbsp;MI would make a great display of how leadership can turn the economy around and lead the example for the rest of the US, which is shaping up to be right behind MI in what appears to be an oncoming recession. &amp;nbsp;Mitt Romney is the only candidate that can be trusted with such a task.</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572379</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:24:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572379</guid><dc:creator>Carney Griffin, Kalamazoo, Michigan</dc:creator><description>I agree... Mitt is the one person who really cares about Michigan - the others will be full of B.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Huckabee completely blew it when he bumbled around with foreign affairs questions the other night in South Carolina.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain wouldn't stand a chance against Hillary or Barack (just another Bob Dole)</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572381</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:26:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572381</guid><dc:creator>James Gervais, St. Joseph, Michigan</dc:creator><description>Two months from now Mitt Romney will look back at Michigan as the state with the guts and smarts to turn this thing around...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Don't forget us, Mitt!</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572392</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:29:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572392</guid><dc:creator>Reagan Ledbetter, Bellevue, Michigan</dc:creator><description>Good to see all the &amp;quot;Wolverines&amp;quot; getting behind Mitt Romney...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;ROMNEY + MICHIGAN = GOP NOMINATION&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572403</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:31:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572403</guid><dc:creator>Kira, Utah</dc:creator><description>Larry, you seriously have a problem with him because of his name? &amp;nbsp;Get real. Yes, we are at war. &amp;nbsp;But that is hardly our only problem in this country. &amp;nbsp;We do need a leader- one who can handle diverse problems. &amp;nbsp;We do not need a warmongerer.</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572431</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:38:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572431</guid><dc:creator>Sharon Walker,  Folsom, CA</dc:creator><description>Dear Friends:&lt;br&gt;Play ball!!!!! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Who is being hit with the bat where it hurts the most? &amp;nbsp;OOOOOOOOOOh so sex appeal Obama!! &amp;nbsp; Didn't know there are womans sports teams?&lt;br&gt;Made a play and slipped on the plate in New Hamshire and now more!!!! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Battter UP!!!&lt;br&gt;Romney no fair having someone else run around the bases nor for the military. &amp;nbsp;OOOh my knee workman's comp it hurts sleeping in the car! &amp;nbsp;All those auto and union workers &amp;nbsp;given to the Gold China. &amp;nbsp;Where are you Mitt holden the jobs in America instead of puttin on the ritz and given away. &amp;nbsp; Play &amp;nbsp;Ball ONE!!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Three on the plate, &amp;nbsp;Obama is crying &amp;nbsp;oooooooooooooh pretty boy! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Ladies day at the park and the seats are full! &amp;nbsp; Hello Houston Watchin from the space station!!! &amp;nbsp;Mitt is limping, &amp;nbsp; Edwards is on third.&lt;br&gt;McCain steps up to plate why he thinks of the great best of them God Bless sees the cross in the horizon and sees the voters bow and pray. &amp;nbsp; God thank God for our religious rights. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;McCain home run all the way!&lt;br&gt;Kiss the ground of this nation and praises the Lord.&lt;br&gt;Yahoo your message &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;gooogooo &amp;nbsp; gaggle &amp;nbsp; gooogle and e bay and e trade &amp;nbsp;what a deal &amp;nbsp;America &amp;nbsp;Ball Playing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572440</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572440</guid><dc:creator>James Sandoval, Auburn Hills, MI</dc:creator><description>Yep, Mitt really cares about Michigan - that's why he stayed home to make his career here and ran for governor here, right? &amp;nbsp;Oh, wait...</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572553</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:27:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572553</guid><dc:creator>Tyler A, NC</dc:creator><description>James Sandoval, Auburn Hills, MI - You know better than that. Mitt has deep personal ties to Michigan and yes, what's happening in Michigan IS personal to him. However, he grew up in Mass and so ran there as Governor. If anyone as President can help out not only Michigan, but the nation - it's Romney. I don't trust any of the others to even balance my checkbook let alone tackle the deficit.</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572554</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:27:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572554</guid><dc:creator>larry</dc:creator><description>Hey Mitt - How many of your 5 sons were encouraged to join the military that you now want to lead as commander in chief during a time of war? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What's that you said? &amp;quot;My sons are serving thier country by working on my campaign.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;A direct quote from our fearless leader, Mitt by the way....How pathetic! Thats what we called &amp;quot;leadership from the rear&amp;quot; in the marine corps. Just what this country doesn't need.</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572561</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:31:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572561</guid><dc:creator>Mark, Pasadena, CA</dc:creator><description>Of course, what all these members of the Mitt fan club want to do is not know the truth. &amp;nbsp;The people that Mitt governed said he was the worst governor in their history. &amp;nbsp;The state next door, New Hampshire, had both its leading newpapers, the left leaning Concord Monitor, and the very right-leaning Union-Leader blast Mitt as being a phony. &amp;nbsp;And how can you believe anything Mitt tells you - he lies about everything all the time. &amp;nbsp;A few years ago he said he marched with Martin Luther King. &amp;nbsp;Then he rescinded that comment. Recently he said he saw his father march with King. &amp;nbsp;Then when that was erroneous he said,&amp;quot;Well, it depends what the meaning of the word 'saw' is..&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;Sound familiar??? I could go on and on - and will be happy to provide much more evidence. &amp;nbsp;Think for yourselves people. &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572572</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:34:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572572</guid><dc:creator>Henry Bracken, Rochester Hills, Michigan</dc:creator><description>Romney is the ONLY candidate who has actual concerns about Michigan... &amp;nbsp;McCain and McHuck will simply be here to spread more lies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'M CONVINCED THAT ROMNEY IS WHAT MICHIGAN NEEDS!</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572584</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:38:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572584</guid><dc:creator>Scott Taylor</dc:creator><description>As an Arizonan, from McCain's home state. I encourage everyone to back.........&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;MITT ROMNEY&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain is a good man, but we need Mitt Romney now more then ever.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Michigan is the 1st real good sized State so far in this primary. Let's give Romney the win this Tuesday and we'll make sure he carries Arizona on FEB 5th.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vote for solutions, Vote for Romney.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not Juan McCain</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572586</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:39:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572586</guid><dc:creator>justin, Denver CO</dc:creator><description>I like how the Romney supporters always answer in lockstep. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Romney is great for Michigan, Romney is great for the country. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Huckabee is bad.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain is bad. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Go Mitt! Yay Mitt! &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'll be lavishing in a rhetorical tub full of Romney campaign crocodile tears come Wednesday. &amp;nbsp;But you guys'll still have HIGH hopes, right up until, inexplicably, the sagely, invincible Mitt drops out of the race on 6 February. &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572589</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:40:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572589</guid><dc:creator>Scott Taylor</dc:creator><description>As an Arizonan, from McCain's home state. I encourage everyone to back.........&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;MITT ROMNEY&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain is a good man, but we need Mitt Romney now more then ever.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Michigan is the 1st real good sized State so far in this primary. Let's give Romney the win this Tuesday and we'll make sure he carries Arizona on FEB 5th.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vote for solutions, Vote for Romney.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not Juan McCain</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572615</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:52:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572615</guid><dc:creator>Stop Flip Flopping Mitt!</dc:creator><description>Conservatives against Mitt Romney: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://conservativesagainstromney.com"&gt;http://conservativesagainstromney.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Romney Swimming in an “Ocean” of Contradiction &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mitt attacks pornography despite his role with Marriott, which sold in-room smut &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;ALEXANDRIA, VA – In a move rich with irony, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign released a new television advertisement decrying “the culture that surrounds our kids today,” despite the fact that Romney served on the board of Marriott International, which generated tens of millions of dollars in revenue through in-room pornography services at its hotels. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In stark contrast with Romney’s role at Marriott, which brought him over $100,000 per year, Senator Sam Brownback lead the fight against indecency and asked the hotel chain to stop offering pornography in its rooms. &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In a 2004 letter to J.W. Marriott, Jr., the chairman and CEO of Marriott International, Brownback wrote: “I am concerned, however, by a recent CBS report which cites the fact that in-room pornography generates approximately half of total hotel pay-per-view revenue in the United States, approximately $250 million annually. … &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Businesspeople and families should not be exposed to a pornography-friendly environment when they seek rest and relaxation at hotels while traveling away from home, nor should they be victims of suggestive advertising for porn while browsing a pay-per-view menu. I write to ask that you consider ending Marriott’s complicity in this assault on individuals, families, and society. … The children and families of America thank you.”Pro-family leader Phil Burress, founder of Citizens for Community Values, commented on Romney’s role:“ &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mitt Romney apparently turned a blind-eye to the obscene, hard-core pornography offered in Marriott hotels. Instead, Romney and Marriott International chose to earn millions of dollars with such a morally objectionable business practice. For those who want a proven, consistent, pro-family leader in the White House, Mitt Romney is an unacceptable choice.”</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#572630</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:59:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:572630</guid><dc:creator>Treena, NJ</dc:creator><description>As for both Romney and McCain, I can't stand either one of them. &amp;nbsp;There were clear, explicit benchmarks to measure the success of the surge. &amp;nbsp;Some of them have been met, but some of them have not been met. &amp;nbsp;Until they are all met and until the surge delivers the expected outcome (political reconciliation in Iraq), I cannot say that it is working. Therefore, this &amp;quot;the surge is working, we are winning in Iraq&amp;quot; is ridiculous. &amp;nbsp;What are we winning. &amp;nbsp;And none of the republican candidates (aside from Ron Paul) will admit that there was no justification for us to invade Iraq and the Bush administration tried to manufacture justifications untruthfully. &amp;nbsp;Iraq was in no way responsible for 9/11; they were not on the verge of attacking us; Al Queda existed in Iraq in no greater numbers than most other countries, etc. We could go on, but the truth is that the Bush administration purposely mislead us to make us believe these untruths. &amp;nbsp;The fact that any of these candidates condone this, let alone applaud it is sickening. That's the fundamental issue. &amp;nbsp;Obviously we are in Iraq now and have to find a responsible way to win and end the war, but why should we trust someone who condones and gives the Bush administration a pass on misleading us, the blunders of the war, etc.? &amp;nbsp;I for one will never trust someone like that. &amp;nbsp;It's hard for me to get past their Bush cheerleading.</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#573505</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:38:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:573505</guid><dc:creator>Ron, Baghdad, Iraq</dc:creator><description>re: Mark from Pasadena, &amp;nbsp;The day when the Liberals from Mass. start hating me will probably be one of the best days of my life&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;re: Larry from nowhere, I want Leadership not liker-ship. &amp;nbsp;I'm tired of having politicians trying to be my fishing buddy. &amp;nbsp;I prefer someone who (though it might hurt my pride to say it) is smarter than I am. &amp;nbsp;Wouldn't that be a nice change of pace away from the last couple of gentlemen that we have had. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now a few thoughts on Iraq. &amp;nbsp;Iraq (Saddam) started a couple wars, one with Iran and one with Kuwait. &amp;nbsp;Saddam conducted a genocidal rampage against the Shiite minority in the southeast of Iraq, and also against the Kurds in the northern area. &amp;nbsp;Yep kinda like somebody that we fought during WW II. &amp;nbsp;Complete with mass graves and cover ups. &amp;nbsp;Stole the water out of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers that would have been used for crop irrigation so that he could fill his own personal man made lakes. &amp;nbsp;He was a terrible man that committed innumerable atrocities. &amp;nbsp;I'm in Iraq and I don't regret a thing.</description></item><item><title>In Michigan, Romney goes after Mccain</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/11/572223.aspx#573593</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:41:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:573593</guid><dc:creator>Peter from Dover NH</dc:creator><description>McCain's lifetime voting record in Congress is rated a solid 82 percent by the American Conservative Union. He's a fierce fiscal conservative, unwaveringly pro-life on abortion issues, staunchly free-market on trade and economic matters, favors making the Bush tax cuts permanent, supports nuclear power as a clean-energy alternative, champions school choice as the vital lever for education reform, advocates smaller and more accountable government, and, of course, is a lifelong proponent of a strong national defense and an assertive foreign policy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The &amp;quot;real conservatives&amp;quot; should realize that McCain is their best chance at keeping the WH and they should shut up and support him.&lt;br&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>