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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 05:25 PM
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NY Times: McCain Is Giving Up on Michigan
Edited on Thu Oct-02-08 05:26 PM by marmar
:toast: Ding, dong, the witch is dead.... Get out and stay out...and take the wolf killer with you!

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October 2, 2008, 2:30 pm
McCain Pulls Out of Michigan
By Adam Nagourney


John McCain’s decision to cancel a campaign event in Michigan next week was not a matter of scheduling: Mr. McCain is giving up his effort to take the state back into the red column, concluding that economic distress there has simply put the state out of reach, according to Republicans familiar with the decision.

Michigan had been one of Mr. McCain’s top targets for two reasons: evidence that Barack Obama was having trouble connecting with blue-collar voters (which presumably would be a problem there), and also because the Democratic candidates did not participate in the state’s primary after Michigan defied Democratic party rules and held it earlier than permitted.

Republican officials said that polling suggested that Mr. Obama was building a lead there, and said they concluded that it wasn’t worth spending any more campaign funds – or Mr. McCain’s time – in the state.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/mccain-pulls-out-of-michigan/?hp

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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 05:27 PM
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1. McBomb doesn't care about working people.
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brazos121200 Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 05:42 PM
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2. McPain might as well give up on Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Hampshire,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Mexico, and several other states as well. His campaign is in free fall, it has been a comedy of errors from the start, and it is just a dim preview of what his administration would be if he were to win. Which isn't going to happen.

I also predict Obama will carry such states as; Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Nevada, and even possibly West Virginia.

McPain's efforts in Michigan was never serious, anyway, it was designed to force Obama to divert resources into the state to keep it in the Demo column, now he won't have to.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 05:55 PM
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3. CNN said he is targeting Maine now
MAINE!?!?!?
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