Posted on 09/11/2008 3:53:47 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Michigan has cast its votes for the Democratic presidential candidate in four straight elections, and Barack Obama is trying to extend that streak. He currently holds a five point advantage--51% to 46%--over John McCain in this important battleground state.
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That McCain even has a chance in Michigan says volumes.
IT’S BEEN POSTED ALREADY!
McCain has no shot in Michigan. Michigan voters will take that Ship of State to the bottom at thirty knots rather than vote Republican...at least 51% will.
People are leaving MI to get a job so fast these days, I am not even sure what the electoral vote count is for that state anymore.
“Obama, Kwame and Granholm, what a triplet.”
McCain needs to feature Granholm and Kilpatrick in his TV ads there.
Granholm effect
“McCain has no shot in Michigan. Michigan voters will take that Ship of State to the bottom at thirty knots rather than vote Republican...at least 51% will. “
Agreed.
Once a candidate is “hitting 50”, so to speak, very hard for the opponent to really have a chance. No matter how much Michigan seems to be teetering, no matter how tantalizing it appears, it looks like it’s gonna finally tip over towards the Messiah.
Isn’t Michigan the state that has the highest Islamic demographics? I’m betting Obama will do even better with “the Islamic vote” than he does with “the black vote”. I find it _very_ interesting that there has been no poll (at least not one that I’ve yet seen) taken to gauge how Islamics are voting this time around. Probably a very good reason why there hasn’t been....
McCain will fight the good fight in Michigan, but I don’t see him winning there. For states we can win, we’d better be looking elsewhere...
- John
Michigan has a very large muslim population.
They all must love the job Granholm is doing for their state.
Michigan: Stupid Is As Stupid Does.
Maybe they can use the population counter as a form of alternate energy...
What do you expect from a state completely eaten up with Unions that are solidly (at least financially) Democrat to the extreme?
Michigan is another state with a political machine that is a major obstacle for any real progress. Add to that the growing Muslim population (particularly Arab Muslims) and we shouldn’t be surprised.
There is no way that B.Hussien holds a 5 point lead in Mi!
At best he is tied, but he will lose in Nov.
McCain’s got a good shot here. I just don’t see Obama winning enough lunchbucket votes to win.
As a life long Michiganian, it pains me to read your comment. Unfortunately, you are right. Here is one fact. Our Gov Granholm has an office for her husband. It is the “Office of the First Gentleman.” I think he earns about $120000. a year and has a highly paid staff of 6. Others here are right about Michigan. There are few jobs, and that is with people leaving in droves. Incidently, I recall when Michigan started pushing tourism to rescue the high unemployment problems. The taxes are forever being raised. We have an anchor called Detroit.
Instead,they treated it like the Golden Goose.
Governmental malpractice - but we're seeing a LOT of that these days...
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One distrurbing aspect of the Rasmussen Poll is that Obama’s favorable ratings have risen, while McCain’s favarable ratings have declined in the past month. I had high hopes for MI, but it is looking like a tought nut to crack.
Yes MI does have a high Arab population. However, Arab-American does not always equal Muslim. Most Arab-Americans are Christian. Perfect example would former Republican MI Senator Spencer Abrahamn. Majority of Muslim-Americans are Black. Islam finds many converts among Black men serving time in prison.
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