Posted on 06/11/2008 7:31:03 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued
The latest Rasmussen Reports poll in Michigan shows Barack Obama attracting 45% of the vote while John McCain earns 42%. This is the fourth poll in Michigan since McCain wrapped up the Republican nomination and all four have found the candidates within three points of each other. In both May and late-March McCain held a statistically insignificant one-point lead.
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I had to visit Dearborn and was shocked by the large Muslim population. In fact, the stores and billboards were in Arabic.I have to tell you the rest of the country does not have such a large concentration of Muslims.
While I do appreciate you implying that I’m an ignorant fear-monger, unless I forgot about running around yelling about the sky falling, it may be a little misplaced.
I’m a little suprised by your reaction in pointing out that Michigan has a high Muslin population relative to other states. Every chart I’ve seen has it in the top 10, at least. So, in the 80th percentile, would it not be high relative to others?
Why an urban-based candidate?
Michigan is a blue-collar gun state and whats left of the urban areas is solid RAT. McCain can win here but it wont be in urban areas.
2% is not high. Period. It may be high compared to most states, but it's drawfed by Europe. 1/4 of one city does not make a state with a high Muslim population. It does not sway the election 10-15%. If the election is decided by 15,000 or so, then it may be due to the Muslims. Not when it is decided by 100,000 and 200,000 votes as were the last two elections.
This election will be decided by the blue collar independent voters, as are all close Michigan elections.
“And you are calling a ex war hero evil.”
Hmmm, a california freeper who hasnt hardly been here for six months???? Tell me when McCain addresses the national LaRAZA convention and claims that whitey is evil, will that be enough for you? Or when he states that businesses need to give back their profits will that be enough? When he destroys your freedom of speech by enacting so called campaing reform, will that be enough? You may like McCain because you are not a true conservative, but I have principles, if we get the filth that is Obama so be it but McCain has as his mission to destroy whats left of the conservative party through naive individuals like yourself who think that he is better than Obama. He’s not - he is much much worse.
bingo...and the effect is already wearing off....obama had an 8pt edge over mcccain the past three days as a result of last week, a rather weak bump considering the events....today that spread is down to five:
Romney as VP might deliver MI for McCain. Hummm.
Romney would be the worst possible choice for McCain in MI!
I'm curious, why do you think so?
However, to say McCain is much worse than Obama is simply untrue.
McCain may intend on destroying whats left of the conservative movement. On the other hand, Obam intends on destroying what is left of America.
From Powerline today:
Noemie Emery observes the epidemic of Obamamania among the members of the mainstream media, but wonders if the phenomenon will translate to the great unwashed casting votes in the general election. Following Michael Barone, she notes that even among Democrats, the mania was “contained and confined.” It reached “white voters in only two places—state capitals and university towns, where he amassed huge followings among students, teachers, and employees of the government.” As for them, Emery comments:
They tend not to notice that [Obama’s] frame of reference is always himself and his feelings, and that his appeals to racial healing, bipartisanship, government reform and sweet reason do not connect to his acts in real life. In the real world, he has voted party line on almost all issues, has managed to befriend and hang out with an amazing collection of people whose lives contradict all these themes, including racists, demagogues, some of the most corrupt practitioners of machine urban politics, and people whose idea of political action once involved planting bombs. These sorts of things may not bother students or shoppers at Whole Foods, but they do bother people who cling to God and their guns out of sheer desperation, and tend to vote in places like, say, Pennsylvania, where Obama lost to Hillary Clinton by ten points.
When I was growing up in Michigan, there were Italian people, Polish people, Irish people, German people, English people, Scotch people, Jewish people, and Arabic people living next door to each other in peace. The Arabs were mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians. mccarty is correct, the statistics usually quoted are for Arabic. I have friends in Dearborn. Some are liberal, but not terrorists.
How can someone whose birth certificate says “Barry Obama” get on a ballot under an assumed name, “Barack Obama”?
Michigans Republican base is pro-gun, pro-life, and anti-gay. About half of UAW autoworkers vote Republican because of guns.
Romney got the Detroit area Obama voters because he wasn't on the ballot. The Detroit area black churches were campaigning for crossovers for Romney. It was plastered on all the Detroit newspaper blogs before the primary.
Yes, Romney would be an astute choice, and not only because his family has strong roots here in MI. 1.) His administrative competence and long record of experience would contrast nicely with the nonsense around Detroit’s mayor, for example. He could spend a lot of time here and really bring out that contrast.
2.) His popularity was proven in Michigan vis-a-vis the primary here.
3.) ...
But even more important, the Romney logic goes well beyond Michigan. Massachusetts is surprisingly in play right now, as are new Hampshire, Colorado and Nevada. I have no doubt but that Obama will win MA, but Romney can make the Dems spend money and time defending it. Putting Romney on the ticket will seal the deal in NV and help a bit with Colorado — and this is probably all that McCain needs there.
I was for Romney in the primaries, though mostly because of the alternatives. I would prefer other candidates to be Vice President, but the GOP needs desperately to win this contest, because Congress will be loaded with Dems in 2009.
I predict that McCain will pick Romney; and if McCain wins, I predict that Romney will prove to have been instrumental on the margin — and precisely in these states.
I agree. Some people -- including a lot of conservative pundits -- act as if they've never seen a post-primary or post-convention bump in their lives. Good grief, of course Obama's ahead now. The surprising thing is that he's only a few points ahead at this time. He should be ten or more points ahead.
Anyone else see the old headline someone posted about Dukakis being 17 points ahead of Bush in the polls at this time in 1988? Unless you're under 25 and just haven't had enough experience with media-generated hoopla, there's no excuse for pessimism.
His post “nominee” bump is pathetic.
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