Posted on 09/11/2006 10:25:08 PM PDT by jdm
PONTIAC, Mich. -- Mike Bouchard was eager to make the sale as he bantered with Tracey Allen at a Labor Day street fair. Pitching his Republican candidacy for the U.S. Senate, the Oakland County sheriff heard her say she favored Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow.
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In Michigan, the November election is likely to come down to whom the voters blame for one of the nation's most troubled economies. With unemployment higher than the national average and many residents frustrated with Democratic Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, Republicans see a chance for a swing-state victory.
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The GOP draws hope from polls showing that two in three voters are dissatisfied with Michigan's direction. The jobless rate rose to 7 percent in July, compared with 4.8 percent nationwide. Given deepening troubles in the auto industry, economists expect the number to remain high even with seasonal hiring.
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"Only three states have lost jobs in the last four years," as one Republican ad puts it. "Two of them -- Louisiana and Mississippi -- were devastated by hurricanes. The third is Michigan."
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"There's a lot of jobs leaving the state," said Osborne, 59, as he stood at the corner of South Main and Pleasant. "Since Governor Granholm and Senator Stabenow have been in office, it's gone down the tubes."
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MI still has an economy????
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LOL!
As people leave the state in droves, one can only hope that union people are the ones leaving....now if we can eliminate welfare, and force those leeches to leave, the state will turn right. Until then, it is a crap shoot...
No........Free Trade UNIONS.............there, fixed
The way to win this election is to run ads in Detroit and Lansing that the Marxist Granholm plans to go after cigarette smokers - again - for buying their smokes on Indian reservations. Even Doyle, Wisconsin's left wing governor, was not stupid enough to do that.
Stabenow will self destruct when she opens her mouth.
If they can't compete, they don't deserve to be subsidized by the rest of us.
Michigan needs to dump the leaders (and their policies) that created the socialist cesspool known as Detroit. When that happens, things will get better.
I left 18 months ago. Grew up there, but the state is going downhill, and I don't know what will ever stop it. The only ones who will stay will be the ones already on welfare.....
Dick DeVos is running a pretty good campaign for Governor..the national GOP should take note.
I, for one, would be glad to have a new governor. I'm graduating this coming spring with a degree in engineering, but the jobs I'd be looking for are few and far between in this area. We need to get a governor that will do more then blame Bush for the state's woes and promise new jobs in five years.
MGY
Can you get my hubby a job?
We are drowning here in MI.
And conservatives should take note at how his criminal enterprise has perverted God's Word and ruined families.
Uh, he's down in the polls. Against a pretty unpopular incumbent.
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