Motor City Liberal

• Pugh outlines agenda after taking council's top spot

  BY TAMMY STABLES BATTAGLIA

  Newly elected by the residents of Detroit, Council President-elect Charles Pugh and the city's other new leaders are making the media rounds this morning, vowing to bring a new sense of cooperation to city government.

  Pugh, talking to the Free Press today about his win, said he envisions' [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:38pm EST
  

• 'We can now put Detroit back on the right path,' Bing says

  BY JOHN WISELY, SUZETTE HACKNEY and CECIL ANGEL

  As results poured in Tuesday evening giving Mayor Dave Bing a full 4-year term, the basketball Hall of Famer sat on a couch with his wife watching the HBO documentary about President Barack Obama's ascension to the White House.

  The two sat close and' [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:26pm EST
  

• Creigh Deeds Failed To Run As A Progressive

  By Think Progres Republican Bob McDonnell won a “landslide” victory over Democrat Creigh Deeds in yesterday’s gubernatorial election in Virginia, sweeping the state by a whopping 18 points. Exit polls showed Democrats had “trouble getting their base to the polls.” One possible explanation: Deeds did not run [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:05pm EST
  

• After insisting he’s not ‘crowing’ about GOP victories, Steele gloats by striking the Heisman pose on MSNBC.

  By Amanda Terkel

  This morning, RNC Chairman Michael Steele appeared on CBS’s Early Show and attempted to convince the audience that he was humbled by yesterday’s GOP victories in New Jersey and Virginia, saying, “We’re not crowing, we’re smiling.” But just an hour later on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Steele dropped [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:37am EST