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05-05-2014, 06:48 PM
Mike Rogers says Mike Bishop 'won't embarrass this district' during campaign kickoff
By Fritz Klug
on May 05, 2014 at 1:47 PM
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LANSING, MI -- When Mike Bishop heard that U.S. Rep Mike Rogers was retiring, he was as surprised as everyone else.
He talked about his decision to run - and getting endorsed by Rogers, R-Brighton, who is leaving politics for a nationally syndicated radio show.
"It's an easy decision for me to run," Bishop told reporters during a news conference on Monday in Lansing, one day after officially kicking off his campaign.
"I am honored by his endorsement, it has given me such a huge boost since we started this campaign, said Bishop, who kicked off the campaign on Sunday at Yates Cider Mill in Rochester Hills.
Rogers joined Bishop during the media event at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
"I'm here supporting Mike Bishop because I think he will not embarrass this district," Rogers said in a thinly veiled shot at GOP primary opponent Tom McMillin. "(Bishop) will work on conservative solutions to very important problems that impact everybody, both Democrats and Republican in this district."
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Rogers didn't say specifically if McMillin would be an embarrassment if elected, but said he doesn't like a newer brand of politics that is focused not on trying to find compromise, but instead focus on the individual.
"It's not conservative, it's not liberal, it's about me," said Rogers.
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On Rogers comments that he was supporting Bishop because he would not embarrass the district, McMillin said "I think all the times we've seen Rogers sitting next to [U.S. Sen.] Dianne Feinstein defending the mass surveillance of our citizens, that's an embarrassment."
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By Fritz Klug
on May 05, 2014 at 1:47 PM
http://imgick.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/pgmain/img/lansing/photo/2014/05/-cddd2459a4904d16.jpg
LANSING, MI -- When Mike Bishop heard that U.S. Rep Mike Rogers was retiring, he was as surprised as everyone else.
He talked about his decision to run - and getting endorsed by Rogers, R-Brighton, who is leaving politics for a nationally syndicated radio show.
"It's an easy decision for me to run," Bishop told reporters during a news conference on Monday in Lansing, one day after officially kicking off his campaign.
"I am honored by his endorsement, it has given me such a huge boost since we started this campaign, said Bishop, who kicked off the campaign on Sunday at Yates Cider Mill in Rochester Hills.
Rogers joined Bishop during the media event at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
"I'm here supporting Mike Bishop because I think he will not embarrass this district," Rogers said in a thinly veiled shot at GOP primary opponent Tom McMillin. "(Bishop) will work on conservative solutions to very important problems that impact everybody, both Democrats and Republican in this district."
...
Rogers didn't say specifically if McMillin would be an embarrassment if elected, but said he doesn't like a newer brand of politics that is focused not on trying to find compromise, but instead focus on the individual.
"It's not conservative, it's not liberal, it's about me," said Rogers.
...
On Rogers comments that he was supporting Bishop because he would not embarrass the district, McMillin said "I think all the times we've seen Rogers sitting next to [U.S. Sen.] Dianne Feinstein defending the mass surveillance of our citizens, that's an embarrassment."
...
more:
http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/05/mike_rogers_says_mike_bishop_w.html