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10-02-2008, 03:54 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Rep Power: 22 | McCain pulling out of Michigan John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play. McCain will go off TV in Michigan, stop dropping mail there and send most of his staff to more competitive states, including Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida. Wisconsin went for Kerry in 2004, Ohio and Florida for Bush. A McCain aide confirmed the move and chalked it up to the state's Democratic tilt and the resources Obama had put in place there. "It was always a long shot for us to win," said the aide. McCain will now turn his attention to bolstering his defenses in Ohio and Florida while putting more resources into Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and the second congressional district of Maine, where there is a sole electoral vote available. Obama's campaign offered a muted response to McCain's decision to abandon Michigan, only promising to keep it in the Democratic column. "We will continue to fight for every vote in Michigan because middle class families there just cannot afford more of the same," said Obama spokesman Bill Burton. Republicans had been bullish on Michigan, hopeful that McCain's past success in the state in the 2000 primary combined with voter dissatisfaction with Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and skepticism among blue-collar voters about Barack Obama could make it competitive. McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin spent the first night after the GOP convention at a large rally in Macomb County, just outside Detroit. The two returned later last month for another sizable event in Grand Rapids. But recent polls there have shown Obama extending what had been a small lead, with the economic crisis damaging an already sagging GOP brand in a state whose economy is in tatters. A McCain event planned for next week in Plymouth, Mich., has been canceled.
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10-02-2008, 04:09 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Rep Power: 17 | Re: McCain pulling out of Michigan i was going to post this,but i figure someone would beat me to it. Next stop Ohio and we all know that If Mccain loses this state,its all wrapped up for Obama. For people who do not reside in Ohio and are republican supporters, DON'T COUNT ON US THIS TIME! |
10-02-2008, 04:15 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Rep Power: 22 | Re: McCain pulling out of Michigan Latest polls among registered voters: Obama / McCain Florida: 51 - 43 Ohio: 50 - 42 Pennsylvania: 54 - 39 "It is difficult to find a modern competitive presidential race that has swung so dramatically, so quickly and so sharply this late in the campaign," says Peter Brown of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "In the last 20 days, Sen. Barack Obama has gone from seven points down to eight points up in Florida, while widening his leads to eight points in Ohio and 15 points in Pennsylvania."
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10-03-2008, 07:34 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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Rep Power: 26 | Re: McCain pulling out of Michigan The fix is in for Obama in MD, NY, IL, CA, HI, OR, IA, ME, MA, VT, RI, CT, DE, and DC. I'm not conceding OH, PA, FL, NV, CO, VA, IN, NC, MI. Palin said today she wants to take a run at MI. Last edited by Ezliving_Jim; 10-03-2008 at 07:38 PM. |
10-07-2008, 12:09 AM | #10 (permalink) | |
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Rep Power: 26 | Re: McCain pulling out of Michigan Quote:
HOMELESS 'DRIVEN' TO VOTE OBAMA By JEANE MacINTOSH October 6, 2008 -- CLEVELAND - Volunteers supporting Barack Obama picked up hundreds of people at homeless shelters, soup kitchens and drug-rehab centers and drove them to a polling place yesterday on the last day that Ohioans could register and vote on the same day, almost no questions asked. The huge effort by a pro-Obama group, Vote Today Ohio, takes advantage of a quirk in the state's elections laws that allows people to register and cast ballots at the same time without having to prove residency. Republicans have argued that the window could lead to widespread voter fraud because officials wouldn't have an opportunity to verify registration information before ballots were cast. Among the volunteers were Yori Stadlin and Vivian Lehrer of the Upper West Side, who got married last week and decided to spend their honeymoon shepherding voters to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Early today, Stadlin's van picked up William Woods, 59, at the soup kitchen of the Bishop Cosgrove Center. "I never voted before," Woods said, because of a felony conviction that previously barred him from the polls. "Without this service, I would have had no way to get here." | |
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