McCain Gives Up On Michigan: Retreat!

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Registered: 08-20-2008
McCain Gives Up On Michigan: Retreat!
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Sat, 10-04-2008 - 9:31am

Yup, McCain is conceding Michigan. He's out. So much for all those pics with him and the auto workers. It turns out even McCain admits the workers don't want him. The workers know that McCain offers no solutions on the economy.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_el_pr/mccain

And looking at the larger electoral map you can see why McCain is pulling out of Michigan - he needs his resources to reground in other battleground states where he is also falling dangerously behind.

For people who care about reality, as opposed to dangerous Republican pipe dreams, here are the stats:

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/todays-polls-103.html

Americans want change. Not stunts like picking Palin to try to trick Hillary voters into voting against their interests.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2008
Mon, 10-06-2008 - 2:05am
Very interesting.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-20-2008
Mon, 10-06-2008 - 8:16am
It's not a pretty sight in Michigan: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/GOP_official_McCain_Michigan_pullout_dumbass_1005.html (can't copy the language here)
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-05-2006
Mon, 10-06-2008 - 8:26am

When I first heard that McCain was pulling out of Michigan, I wondered how that would go over with his supporters there.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-20-2008
Mon, 10-06-2008 - 11:01pm

Yup, now that McCain hightailed it out of Michigan in a clumsy manner which alienated his supporters there, he is going negative.

Good article in Salon on that: http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/10/07/republican_smear_tactics/

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 12:56am
lol. I heard that bleeped language. Wow. The GOP are fuming at McCain's bad choices. lol.

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