Michigan for Mccain,Country First for a "Change"

If Michigan votes for Obama and more of that Grenholm's type plans, something is seriously wrong in that section of the country...

McCain abandoned Michigan. He could see the handwriting on the wall. It said "Obama '08".

Carla,because Mccain stuck to his promise,unlike Obama,he has limited funds.He has to go where he knows he can make a difference.Michigan is largely a democratic state.Myself and almost all of my friends and family are registered democrats.But all but one of them that I know of are voting for Mccain.
I think come election day it will be a surprise to a lot of people how many end up voting Mccain once they get in the booth and think about electing an inexperienced junior senator to the highest office we have.

Keep up the good work, Patti! McCain has not "abandoned" Michigan. His work will continue and Sarah Palin will lead that drive.

Patti, McCain "kept his promise" because he did not have the same amount of money that Obama did. Obama was already over the limit in terms of donations and would have had to give a lot back. That is why he opted out. It wasnt because of "prinicple" as you make it sound.

I am curious though why you are supporting McCain? What do you see that he will do differently from Bush?

McCain Abandons Michigan
John McCain is pulling his campaign out of Michigan, taking down his TV ads there and moving campaign staff to other states. ~ Michigan was the McCain campaign's best chance to flip a big electoral state from blue to red. ~ The latest polls from Michigan have Obama up anywhere from three to thirteen points. But apparently the McCain campaign thinks that margin--at least now--is insurmountable. Michigan isn't the only battleground that has turned Obama's way recently. "
"This makes it very easy for Obama to reach 260 electoral votes, only nine away from a tie and ten away from a win even without Florida and Ohio. Further, Obama leads narrowly in Colorado, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Virginia. Two other states, Indiana and Missouri remain very tight. For McCain to win, he would have to sweep Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia, plus taking one out of two in Nevada and New Hampshire."

Happy Trails !

I believe the media and all the Republicans will be shocked to see a landslide election this year. I won't be, I've said it all along. All the polls in the Primaries were way off. Why is that? Because the pundits aren't taking into consideration cell phones. People are polled on their homel phones. But.... Obama hit all the universities, and that generation is a cell phone generation. My daughter doesn't have a phone in her apartment, neither do the young men who work with my Hubby - they all use cell phones exc;usively and they aren't being polled. College kids have cell phones from their home state. I have been polled twice - I don't have a cell phone, I have a home phone.

I just don't think the polls are showing the big picture. Let's face it, we saw the young people come out in force for the Democratic Primaries, starting in Iowa and so it went throughout the country. This is a Democratic election year, and the motto is "Throws the Bums Out." That includes McCain

Way to go Patti!! McCain/Palin all the way, baby!

us census data
age 18-24 16.6% vote
25-34 28%
35-44 40.7%
45-54 50.7%
55-64 63.3%
No data for older than that.If that small of a percentage of the youth vote shows up on election day.....

McCain has given up on Michigan. Somehow, I feel insulted.

"If Michigan votes for Obama and more of that Grenholm's type plans, something is seriously wrong in that section of the country..."

Couldn't agree more.

Michigan Republican's are the fault with McCain giving up on Michigan, the are so defeatist and preoccupied with the contimplating their navel they can't even create a campaign for local offices, let alone state, and they are so weak in planning and recruiting they need more help than McCains staff could generate. To go to work for Republicans in Michigan should be considered charity work.

Michgian Democrats are ripe for lossing, they are so centered on Detroit and the UAW they can't see the world has changed and simply giving kids high school diplomas doesn't prepare them for anything let alone working in the new age.

Even the Universities (who are raising tuition at a astounding rate) are still thumbing their noses at the public by blaming one Consittuional amendment for lack of recruits and simply ignoring another amendment.

I wish Plain would come to Michigan for a day, she could do more for the state than whole Republican party, and might just win the state for McCain.

Go Blue!

I had hoped for an actual article with the thoughts of the author. Instead I get a link to a McCain campaign poster! Disappointment!

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/mi/michigan_mccain_vs_obama-553.html This shows a variety of different polls. All but one show Obama in the lead in Michigan!

Cutting and running in Michigan doesn't say much for John McC's character. It must be pretty discouraging for his stalwarts to see him showing the white flag. It's a clear indication that McCain's campaign strategy--accentuate the negative, evade meaningful discussion of issues (as Palin did in her "debate"), and employ Bush-style fear-mongering--is failing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUEQz5dltmI