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