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| McCain pulling out of Michigan |
| 2008-10-03 |
| Republican presidential candidate John McCain is withdrawing staff and resources from Michigan in order to concentrate on other states where his prospects are stronger, a campaign aide said on Thursday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Here's hoping for early snow in the UP. If so, dude has to show - even Detroit TV would have to cover a ride through the pines. |
| Posted by: Don Vito Omeling5062 2008-10-03 21:48 |
| #9 I think Palin can make the argument that The One would adopt Granholm's economics for the whole country. Is that what Michigan wants to export? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-10-03 17:10 |
| #8 Sarah Palin talked an awful lot about creating tens of thousands of jobs. That should go over well in Michigan, land of the automobile manufacturers, I'd think. And isn't the First Dude a Teamster or something, by virtue of being an oilman? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-03 17:02 |
| #7 Sarah and the dude said they would go walk the floors of the assembly plants. |
| Posted by: bman 2008-10-03 16:56 |
| #6 Maybe they aren't "conceding" then as was the WashingPost's spin. |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2008-10-03 15:23 |
| #5 Word from little sister in Battle Creek is that Joe and Jane Six-pack are not all in bed with The One. Even the UAW types are not blindly following their leaders' calls to support BO. She and all in her circle are McCain/Palin. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-10-03 13:58 |
| #4 Frederick The Great: "He who defends everything defends nothing." Unlike Obama who has tapped foreign money and undisclosed donors to finance his campaign, John is playing by the books. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-10-03 12:03 |
| #3 Economy of Force is one consideration. But if you fight everywhere you force your opponent to defend everywhere. I would hope that McCain wouldn't give up anything without a fight. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2008-10-03 10:16 |
| #2 Economy of Force. You apply your resources to exploit your opponent's weakness not expend it against his strength. You're not going to get 50 states. Allocate appropriately. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-10-03 08:12 |
| #1 Given Sarah's performance at Thursday's debate, I hope J-Mac's rethinking this. I'd personally discount the polls from the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News (assuming they'd both grossly oversample Quislingcrats to get the desired result), but all but one of the other polls quoted in the RealClearPolitics Michigan average are still at single digit Obama leads. Given as the Obama vs. McCain MI averages were only two percent apart as recently as 9/10, I think there's a real possibility that Sarah's running mate could be back in the hunt. IF he tries, that is... |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-10-03 00:46 |