PFFFFFFTTT!!! Forget Michigan. Anyone who would re-elect Debbie Stabenow and Jenny "I wannabe Marilyn Monroe" Grahnolm when that state is in the toilet economically, is not worth worrying about.
Michigan would vote Democrat if the anti-Christ was the Dem candidate for POTUS.
I ran into a laid off engineer from Michigan who:
A) Bitched about how he couldn't sell his house in Michigan, even though he was listing it for far more than his new house in North Carolina
B) Bitched because he couldn't find a cushy 6-figure job in North Carolina like the one he had in Michigan
C) Figured it would take a Democrat president to solve Michigan's economic problems
I guess it never occurred to him that labor unions and employing a bunch of massively overpaid workers like him had destroyed Michigan's economic competitiveness, killing off business and depressing Michigan's economy and housing market.
Before you trash my state - keep in mind that Michigan gave more votes to GWB in the 2004 election than 43 other states did. Only NY, CA, TX, OH, PA and IL gave more votes to Bush than Michigan did.
Two and a half million Michigan voters voted for Bush in 2004 - don't write us off as non-existent!
Talk about symmetry! Michiganders of all parties feel the same way about you.