Huffington Post’s Amanda Terkel reports that Lisa Chan, the actress who appeared in Pete Hoekstra’s racially-charged ad, has apologized, calling her participation “a mistake.” The commercial was widely criticized for its cultural insensitivity and furthering negative stereotypes of Asian-Americans. It ran on Super Bowl Sunday but was pull down a couple of days later. In [...]

A new report from Public Policy Polling (PPP) of Raleigh, NC, shows Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow has taken her biggest lead yet in the four polls conducted by PPP on the Michigan U.S. Senate race dating back to December of 2010. She now leads former U.S. Representative Pete Hoekstra by 14 points, 51-37, and [...]

“Linsanity” has erupted in New York City over Jeremy Lin, a point guard for the New York Knicks who has come out of nowhere to lead the team to five consecutive victories. He came off the bench to score 25 in a win over New Jersey last Saturday, scored 28 in his first career start [...]

Marisa Schultz of the Detroit News reports “Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra has taken down a controversial Chinese-themed website and is phasing in a new TV commercial in the slot of his original Super Bowl ad that was panned as racially insensitive.” When Schultz asked Hoekstra campaign spokesman Paul Ciaramitaro about dropping the old, he [...]

Pete Hoekstra for U.S. Senate supporters received an email Thursday morning, announcing the launch of a new television ad:   Thankfully, this time around, there is no racially-charged imagery or Chinese-American actresses speaking fake splintered English. Here’s the original commercial:   One quick note: Hoekstra originally posted the offensive ad on YouTube and as soon [...]