****** * Will it matter that dog abuser Mitt Romney (see links: Time, ABCNews) has endorsed and contributed money to some Republican candidates? According to the Washington Post, Romney has endorsed Jean Schmidt, Steve Chabot, and Steve Stivers.
*Detroit Free Press:
....Gina M. Balaya, public information officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office for Michigan's Eastern District, said those arrested in the raids involving the group Hutaree are scheduled to begin appearing at 10 a.m. before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Donald A. Scheer.
Balaya could not confirm this morning how many arrests were made during the raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
FBI spokesman Scott Wilson in Cleveland said agents arrested two people Saturday after raids in two Ohio towns. A third arrest made in northeast Illinois stemmed from a raid in northwest Indiana. The arrests are part of an ongoing investigation led by the FBI in Michigan, according to a statement from agents in Illinois....I'll keep an eye on further developments.