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Can Democrats Achieve a Unified, Ordered Convention In Wake of Email Leak?
Courtesy of the Washington Post It’s another week of presidential politics as Democrats get set to nominate Hillary Clinton in...
Dingell on Email Leak: “Nobody should ever use religion as a political weapon”
WDET Despite the recent email leak suggesting that Democratic Party officials had a clear preference for Hillary Clinton over...
A Look Back On The History of the Democratic Party And The Term “Liberal”
Jake Neher/WDET The Republican “blow outs” in the 1984 and 1988 presidential elections, along with the post-1972 response to Richard...
Rep. Sander Levin On Donald Trump’s “Death, Destruction” RNC Speech
levin.house.gov We’ve heard all week from Republicans and gotten the party faithful's take on the proceedings at the Republican National Convention....
Kaffer: There Are Reality TV Stars Better Suited for President than Trump
Michael Hayball I don't even really watch reality TV. But if this is the well we're drawing presidential candidates from,...
Wrapping up Trump’s Speech, #RNCinCLE, and Previewing the Democratic Convention
John Sellek Donald Trump’s speech touched on things that haven’t been talked about by other candidates, Democrat or Republican. That's according...
Unlike Cleveland Police Union, Michigan State Police at RNC Don’t Sound Concerned About Open Carry
Sgt. Dwayne Gill/Michigan State Police We’ve been wondering all week whether there would be unrest outside the convention hall in...
What Does Trump Need to Say During His RNC Speech?
Rick Pluta/Michigan Public Radio Network (MPRN) What does Donald Trump need to say in his speech tonight to unify the...
Ted Cruz And The Fractured GOP
John Sellek If the first night of the Republican convention in Cleveland was defined by Melania Trump’s partial plagiarizing of...
Donald Trump Jr. And The GOP Push for School Choice at RNC
WDET The 2016 Democratic primary has focused a lot on the cost of higher education. Bernie Sanders' campaign heavily influenced...
Make America Work Again? Where Was GOP Economic Message on Tuesday?
John Sellek Republicans pitched voters on their economic policies during the second day of the GOP national convention… sort of....