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Gary Peters: The Year in Knollenberg
A year-end note from the Gary Peters campaign to unseat U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg in Michigan's highly-competitive Ninth Congressional District...a reminder of what sort of person represents us now:
Dear Friend,
As we come to the end of the year and with it the end of the fundraising quarter, I thought I’d take a minute to look back on some of Joe ( Read more... ) -
Staff Shakeup in Knollenberg's Office...
From the 5 December 2007 "Politically Speaking" column by Chris Chertoff, Detroit Free Press Lansing Bureau Chief:
Knollenberg aide leaves
Trent Wisecup, who was U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg's chief of staff, is no longer with the office.
Knollenberg's office confirmed this week that Wisecup isn't working for the Bloomfield Township Republican but ( Read more... ) -
Dear Birmingham Eccentric...
In response to Mary Johnston's letter ("Reclaim Democracy," 2 December 2007), extolling the virtues of Nancy's Skinner's second run for Michigan's Ninth District Congressional seat:
Nancy Skinner may have been born in Royal Oak, but for most of the past decade she lived and worked far away from the District she wants to represent. As late as 2004, ( Read more... ) -
Dear Jobs With Justice
U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) deserves your Greedy Grinch of the Year Award.
Knollenberg represents a one-time mostly upper-class, mostly white, suburban district northwest of Detroit.
The district is changing, with more working families and more people of color bringing progressive values to Oakland County, but Old Joe refuses to budge. He ( Read more... ) -
Joe Knollenberg: Obstructionist
Here's at least four occasions where U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg has actively worked to thwart the will of his constituents in Michigan's Ninth Congressional District -- not to mention the greater good -- in favor of his blind loyalty to President Bush and the Republican agenda:
- 25 October 2007: Knollenberg (R-MI) voted yet again against re- ( Read more... )
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Getting more National media attention...
We made the national news -- if you call a one-sentence blurb in today's USA Today "national"...
Michigan
Freshman Republican Rep. Tim Walberg could face a battle for a second term from either state Senate Minority Leader Mark Schauer or Sharon Renier, who opposed Walberg in 2006. Republican Rep. Joe Knollenberg could also face a stiff re-election ( Read more... ) -
More Attention for the 9th District
The beat goes on. Wonder how Charlie Crumm of The Oakland Press enjoys the view from inside Joe Knollenberg's pocket?
Brother speaks against political activist
If this is typical Oakland Press reporting, I'm so glad I hang up on their circulation sales reps every time they call.
Meanwhile, Trent Wisecup, (self-admitted) bipolar chief of staff to Ol' ( Read more... ) -
2008 should be an interesting year...
Unlike 2006, where the 11th Congressional District race was almost entirely under the radar, the 2008 campaign for Joe Knollenberg's 9th District House seat promises to be the most expensive in Michigan's history...
It's also getting lots of press.
And YouTube videos, such as this one of Knollenberg's chief of staff Trent Wisecup going nuts in ( Read more... ) -
Whoa...
All of a sudden the 9th District race to unseat Ol' Joe Knollenberg has flared up into a major spat on Daily Kos...
The Netroots Movement Is Being Co-Opted By The DLC/DSCC/DCCC & State Parties
However, "netrootsprogressive" turns out to not be her regular screen name at all. According to this next diary, she's also "rhonda" aka Rhonda Ross, a self- ( Read more... )
