I scouted MI and IN Sunday, here's what I saw.

[apnu]

I rode in the Apple Cider Century Sunday (completed 100 miles on my bicyle in 6 hours, 1 minute and 24 seconds), and it ranged all over south western Michigan and northern Indiana. For something to do while I rode, I counted Presidential Yard signs. Here's the count

Obama: 18 (all but one was in Michigan)
McCain: 7 (3 in Indiana, 4 in Michigan)
Ron Paul: 3 (2 in Indiana, 1 in Michigan)

So, Indiana may be polling with a McCain edge, but nobody is enthusiastic about him, and they aren't showing support. Michigan, I'm confident, will go to Obama.

[Aloha Spirit]

1. I'd like to see Anderson Cooper do that kind of reporting!

Congratulations on the century too.

[apnu]

2. Thank you! (nt)

[babylonsister]

3. Wow, my legs ache just reading that. Congrats on your ride,

and thanks for the thumbnail of what's going on.

[apnu]

9. Thank you...

I'm a bit fatigued today as I'm still recovering, but its all in the training.

If you want to try something suitably epic, but don't know where to start, consider Team in Training. You raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and in return you get a full training program focused on getting you to complete your event (marathon, century or triathlon), they also ship you to the event (and your bike if a century or tri), put you up in a hotel and give you two dinners (before and after the event). You get to see American and fight cancer, its a good deal.

I did that last year for El Tour de Tucson, 109 miles around Tucson Arizona and it was amazing. I trained on my own for ACC this year, building off the fitness base I built up last year.

[shrike]

4. Glad you came to our ride

I'm with the TOS, and was actually working the ride yesterday. Thanks for the political report.
Indiana is a foregone conclusion; it always goes red. Michigan will go blue, I believe.
Oddly enough, the numbers in Indiana are actually close; this has never happened since I've lived here. Don't think Obama's support will be enough to tip it into the blue column, though.
Hope everything went well for you yesterday. Please email our website if you have any complaints, questions.

[apnu]

7. It was a pretty good ride. I only have two things to say

1) that dirt road for a quarter mile was unexpected and I didn't like it. I rode Tuscon and that has two places where you have to hoof it with your bike, but I knew they were coming. Turning and heading down hill into the dirt... I wasn't prepared for that. Luckily I didn't have a flat.

2) on the 25 mile route, the rest stop was too close to the end. A lot of kids are on that route (my wife did it pulling my son in a trailer) and sh could have used more than one stop so he could get out and run around enjoying the day.


Beyond that, it was a great ride. The rest stops were very well supported and I was impressed with the amount of food you guys put out. Amazing. Plus the whole wheat bread peanut butter and jelly sandwiches was a nice touch, the whole wheat part that is. All too often I run into wonder bread sandwiches, and I dislike enriched flour.

I'll make these points to the site as well, just thought you'd like to know here, since you brought it up.

[Ian David]

5. I've seen about 12 McCain signs and only 2 Obama signs, but Mass. is polling only 28% McCain.

My guess is that the McCainanites feel the need to be more visible because they know they're all alone.

I've also noticed that McCainanites with yard signs tend to cluster together in groups of 3-4 houses.

[apnu]

6. Well there were so few McCain signs over the whole 100 mile route...

... only two, in Michigan, were within 1/4 of a mile of each other. Honestly, I expected to see a lot more McCain signs over all, I was surprised with the low turnout, which is what led me to believe that McCain supporters are going to "hold their nose" and vote for him. He's out of touch, clearly, with the Republican party.

[noonwitch]

8. I was not far from there over the weekend-St. Joe/BH

Of course, there are more McCain signs in St. Joe, and more Obama signs in Benton Harbor, but I was surprised that on 1-94 between Detroit and BH, I only saw one or two McCain stickers on cars and at least 20 Obama stickers. In St. Joe, my sister informs me, the very existence of the 7 or 8 Obama yard signs I saw was progress for dems.