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more» http://www.teapartytweets.org/ (NewsCore) - WHITMORE LAKE, Mich. - Thaddeus McCotter, a five-term congressman with little name recognition but plenty of pizazz, became the latest Republican to enter the GOP presidential sweepstakes when he officially announced his candidacy on Saturday.
McCotter filed the necessary paperwork Friday to make the run, and Saturday -- flanked by wife Rita and two of his three children (the third was at work) -- he formally announced his candidacy at an Independence Day festival at Whitmore Lake, about 30 miles (48km) outside the Motor City, the Detroit Free Press reported.
"What we need in Washington is someone who understands that the wave of the future is not big government, but self-government," McCotter said. "That is why I'm announcing my candidacy today for the Republican nomination to serve as your president of the Unites States."
The 45-year-old attorney joined a crowded early field of GOP candidates, including former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, pizza magnate Herman Cain, and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, FOXNews.com reported.
"There's a lot of people out there that worry the American dream is in danger," McCotter said Friday on WJR-AM in Detroit. "So I was listening to the other candidates. They're fine people. But I don't think I'm hearing anything coming from them that's going to help us seize this opportunity."
McCotter, an attorney and state senator before being elected to Congress in 2002, enters the Republican primary with low-name recognition and negligible support compared with better financed rivals such as Romney and Bachmann, who currently lead the field in the key early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire.
According to his latest campaign filing, the five-term congressman representing Michigan's 11th District including the Detroit suburbs, has $480,000 in his congressional campaign account which he can use on his presidential run, the Free Press reported.
McCotter flirted with the idea, but in May finally rejected the prospect of a 2012 Senate challenge against Michigan's Democratic incumbent Senator Debbie Stabenow, before deciding on a presidential run.
At this stage his long-shot candidacy would appear to mirror similar efforts launched by Congressmen Duncan Hunter (D-Calif.) and Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) during the 2008 cycle. more» http://www.teapartytweets.org/
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@Lllburns RON PAUL 2012
RealNewsAustralia 1 month ago
I love the Tea Party!!!
They have shown the world how SICK the Extreme Right can get.
This Tea Party is THE ENEMY OF THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS.
They couldnt ask one CRUMB back from the LOOPHOLES and CORRUPTION and ENORMOUS WEALTH of BILLIONAIRE Corporate Elites.
No. But they gotta SLASH US WORKERS" RIGHTS.
In WI they agreed to paycuts--but they had to SLASH their rights.
Romney said "Corporations are people."
How SICK can you get.
You are THE ENEMY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
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Lllburns 6 months ago
McCotter has some great ideas to help us turn the country in the right direction. Awesome!
danemommd 7 months ago 2
@zombies8 I yield the rest of my time to the gentlemen laughing. I'll let him prove my point.
BlackHoleFileOrg 7 months ago
@BlackHoleFileOrg You said Ron Paul, and then you said Foreign Policy. LOL!
zombies8u 7 months ago
@zombies8u said "I know nothing about Ron Paul or anything about the constitution, economics, foreign policy, and personal freedom. In addition, I lack the ability to think rationally. I only know how to repeat things I heard on the news" I think i heard that right. I'm sorry you think that way. your name is very fitting.
BlackHoleFileOrg 7 months ago
Dickey Snyder and his Republican pals Raised Taxes on Seniors....and are now Giving the money to Business's,Smokers, and Boozers.....What a place to live...To Hell with Seniors....Welcome home the Drunks and Smokers....Michigan is the least healthy state to live in ....Bottom of the pile.....Lets have more drunk Drivers....Thad Mccotter is one of Dickie's pals..Stealing from the Seniors...what an ass...
6977leeon 8 months ago
McCotter 2012!
zombies8u 8 months ago
@BlackHoleFileOrg ... get over it kid. RP is way too kooky to be taken seriously.
zombies8u 8 months ago
More dilution ...
BlackHoleFileOrg 8 months ago