McCAIN LEADERSHIP TEAM  ANNNOUNCED...Regional Campaign Manager Jennifer
Hallowell yesterday announced the leadership staff team for the Great
Lakes McCain effort and Victory 08 effort in Michigan and our region. 
Their regional headquarters will be located here in
Michigan...Farmington Hills!!!  We're ready to roll!  More below.

BINSFELD/ENGLER... The Michigan Republican Party is pleased to host the
inaugural Wall of Honor recipient dinner this summer in honor of former
Lieutenant Governor Connie Binsfeld; it will be held Thursday, June 26,
2008.  More below.

BOEING WINS DELAY IN AIRFORCE TANKER DECISION...Boeing Co.'s successful
protest of Northrop Grumman Corp.'s $35 billion Air Force tanker order
pushes the decision-making deeper into an election year and further
delays the replacement of an aging fleet....The ruling may turn
Northrop's largest aircraft contract victory into a loss and delay
revenue and profit contributions to the eventual winner, while likely
scuttling plans to delivering aircraft into service by 2013.

GINGRICH...3 WAYS TO LOWER GAS PRICES...a practical, realistic approach to lowering the price of gas...NOW!

McCAIN LEADERSHIP TEAM ANNOUNCED:

McCain Great Lakes Regional Team (IN, MI, WI):
Regional Campaign Manager, Jennifer Hallowell
Deputy Regional Campaign Manager, Jason Sondhi
Regional Communications Director, Leah Yoon
Regional eCampaign and Political Projects Director, Megan Robertson
Regional Coalitions Director, Lynn Aronoff
Regional Events Director, Laura Perloff
RCM Desk Coordinator, Great Lakes and Midwest (based in VA HQ), John McQuiston

Michigan:
MI McCain State Director, Al Ribeiro
MI Victory Director, Mike Grissom
MI Deputy Victory Director, Scott Greenlee

The McCain Great Lakes Regional office and the Michigan Victory office is located at:
31440 Northwestern Hwy, Suite 100
Farmington Hills, MI 48334

FUNDRAISER...MAX FISHER DINNER...The dinner is one of two major events
MRP will host this election year to fund our Victory programs. We will
pay special tribute to the life of Max M. Fisher and honor his legacy.
Mr. Fisher's commitment to the Republican Party - and to Michigan - is
an inspiration to everyone he touched. His lifetime of hard work, and
dedicated service, has earned him the great respect of people
throughout our state, country, and the world.

Tickets are $1,000 per person for dinner and $5,000 per person for the
VIP photo reception. If you have any questions regarding the event
please contact Michelle Rudoni, Event Coordinator, at 517-487-5413 or
michelle@migop.org. Click here to reserve your tickets now.

BINSFELD/ENGLER DINNER...The Michigan Republican Party is pleased to
host the inaugural Wall of Honor recipient dinner this summer in honor
of former Lieutenant Governor Connie Binsfeld.  The event will be held
Thursday, June 26, 2008 at the Traverse City Opera House in the Connie
Binsfeld Auditorium.  We are honored to be hosting former Governor John
Engler as our special guest speaker.

Dinner tickets are $100 per person and VIP photo reception tickets are
$500 per person and include dinner.  If you have any questions about
this event, or to purchase tickets, please do not hesitate to contact
Erin Meteer, Major Donor Program Manager, at 517-487-5413 or
emeteer@migop.org.

So much moral good was expected from "campaign-finance reform" that Barack Obama's announcement yesterday that he will opt out of public financing for his Presidential run is an historic moment. Senator Obama is the first candidate since the law was passed in the 1970s not to take matching funds for the general election. Even candidate George W. Bush, flush with cash in 2000 and 2004, didn't do that.

Share revenue: State's revenue sharing choices have weakened local services

When most people think of taxes, they see images of Capitol domes and remote bureaucracies. When they think of public services, they have images of what local governments are expected to do every day: police the streets, put out fires, pave roads, maintain parks.

PRUDEN: Obama has trouble with the image

Barack Obama got the polling bump he expected when he clinched the Democratic nomination, but the bump only bumped him to the edge of a shallow but inconvenient ditch.

Obama's Decision Is Biggest Threat Yet to Public Financing System

By opting out of public financing, Barack Obama may do more to shatter the system than all of the loopholes it has spawned.

GM: 18,657 Took Buyouts, Early Retirements

General Motors Corp. said 18,657 of its hourly workers will leave the company by July 1 through buyout and early retirement offers. The company previously said about 19,000 would accept the offers. It released final numbers on Thursday.

McCain picks Michigan site for regional office

FARMINGTON HILLS -- John McCain's campaign will open a regional campaign office for Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana here Monday. Former Indiana GOP Executive Director Jennifer Hallowell will be the regional campaign manager and already is in the state setting up operations. Al Ribeiro will direct efforts in Michigan, where McCain won the 2000 Republican presidential primary.  
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