You think Romney has a better chance of carrying Oakland than Macomb? I would think it would be the other way around, since Oakland has more black and Jewish voters who will likely stick with Obama while Macomb has more Catholic voters who will no longer support Obama; yes, I know that Romney is more popular among Bloomfield Hills types than among Warren types, but Obama will be very unpopular among social conservatives this time around. Besides, Oakland gave McCain 42% in 2008 and Bush 49% in 2004, while Macomb gave McCain 45% in 2008 and Bush 50% in 2004, so Macomb recently has voted a couple of points more Republican than Oakland in presidential elections.
Romney grew up in Oakland County. That’s the difference. He’s probably make more inroads with Jewish voters in West Bloomfield, Birmingham, and the small Orthodox portion in Oak Park, than McCain did, although I don’t expect anything in Huntington Woods.