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Another Levin…Mitt Romney coming back to Michigan…GOPAC training coming to Michigan…Looking for local bloggers.

Andy Levin cancelled his participation at a candidate’s forum yesterday because he said he was moving his family into their new home. So we thought it would be appropriate to drop by and welcome him to Michigan with a “welcome basket”.

In case you’re wondering who is Andy Levin…Andy is the son of Congressman Sander Levin (D). He has spent almost his entire adult life living somewhere else, as a Washington lobbyist for the AFL-CIO. Just days before the filing deadline, a new voter registration occurred at “dad’s place” and a new candidate was filed for the State Senate…another Levin namesake.

So anyways, we prepared a “welcome basket” packed with Michigan products, state, county, city and precinct maps and a card where I wrote a short note welcoming them to Michigan and ended by saying…”you missed the best of times under Engler and the worst of times under Granholm, but I’m sure you’ll catch up”.

As we arrived at the front door with photographers and local media representative in tow, the house was still empty. The doors were open and a painting crew was there painting the house. No boxes, no furniture, no one was moving in. Umm???

The painters happily greeted me as I approached the front door with basket in hand and I asked if Andy was home. He said “who?”. I said “Andy, the new owner”.

The painter then said “the owner father has been by, you know who he is (Cong. Sander Levin) and I smiled, nodding my head…but the owner is never here”. Umm???

I then looked over to the press guy and said… “did you get that”…he nodded yes.

I asked if I could leave the basket for Andy and his family and the painter welcomed me into their home and showed me a protected place under the kitchen counter where I could leave the basket. I set it down, he kindly covered it with plastic and we left. (I wonder if he was using union painters???)

It appears good ‘ol dad has been taking care of the “home” front while Andy might have been finishing up some of his Washington lobbying responsibilities before attempting his “come back” to claim the Levin political dynasty for himself…ummm, but I think he’s going to have to live here first!?!

Check out our first post on the blog:

http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2006/08/andy_levin_welc.html

Governor Mitt Romney will be hosting a Pizza and Politics evening for all the grassroots activists who show up at the State Convention Friday evening. The Romney crew will be set up in the “East Entrance” of the Rock Financial Showplace from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Governor Romney will personally be there to meet and talk with delegates.

As head of the Republican Governors Association, Governor Romney is very committed to helping Michigan Republicans do all they can to elect Dick DeVos as Michigan’s next Governor. Once again, we are thankful for his continued help!

Lots of folks picked up bumper stickers…thanks. It does help, it’s easy and it sends a message. Too bad we can’t easily put them on a Harley!

The national GOPAC organization (www.gopac.org) has asked the MRP to join efforts to host three regional candidate training seminars at NO COST to participants. The dates & locations for the seminars are below.

Friday, September 8th - Saginaw
Saturday, September 9th - Grand Rapids
Sunday, September 10th - Brighton

The exact locations and times will be announced soon. These seminars are geared towards local & county level candidates and incumbents, potential candidates, and everyday GOP activists.

PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR LOCAL CANDIDATES. Interested individuals should contact Anthony Lewis at 517-487-5413 or anthony@migop.org ASAP as space will be limited.

The MIGOP Blog Team is currently seeking new volunteers!

We need folks who are willing to write and respond on blogs.

This November’s election has the potential to bring about a lot of change within Michigan, as we look to elect Dick Devos as Governor and Mike Bouchard as state Senator. More than ever, MRP acknowledges the increasingly important role that e-communications and new media (such as blogs) play in today’s political elections.

If you choose to participate, you will receive weekly information such as talking points and salient issues that could be discussed, in addition to a compilation of various Michigan and national political blog websites on which you could post the information of your choice. Your contribution of 15 to 20 minutes a week (which is approximately the anticipated time it would take for you to post a few blogs) has the potential to greatly assist our Party and the affiliated campaigns.

This is a fun way for you to become directly involved with the Michigan Republican Party’s statewide efforts, in addition to staying up to date on the issues of the day!! You can sign up to be a blog volunteer by clicking here. You may also find the sign up information at http://www.migop.org/getinvolved/volunteer.asp.

As we work to get as many Republicans elected this November as possible, I look forward to working with you on this endeavor to make sure that EVERY DAY COUNTS!

For complete post go to:

http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2006/08/articles_of_int_16.html

Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
Chairman
Michigan Republican Party