Down here in Northern Virginia, we see commercials with actor Jeff Daniels advertising Michigan as a great place to move your company.
They are running them everywhere (especially in the South) trying to put even more lipstick on this pig.
We have to many ties here at the moment, but I want out bad like many other and can't.
What is really killing Michigan is the Denial in the last election. Granholm fed them a line that it would be like the good old days if they elected her. The Unions did just that.
Tied to the Denial is the entitlement mentality. It is very subtle, earning 75K on the line used to be a birthright with out higher education, well it isn't anymore. I have so many examples, maybe later or in a private message.
From a technological standpoint, I see the Chevy Volt and the Series Hybrid Planform it utilizes as a paradigm changer that will stabilize the state, if the Series Hybrid Planform has emerged like I think it has as the new chassis/drivetrain going forward. The bad news is that is 3 years away.
They run those same commercials - all the time - in Seattle.