Nice strategy. While Obama is out there blaming McCain and the Republicans for the Wall Street crisis, McCain is offering a job plan for Michigan. Good stuff.
I like it.
My instinct is that this will resonate with the voters...but then, I’m not in Michigan.
What do Michigan voters think?
I hope the ad strongly points out that the Michigan governor and both senators are... Democrats! Oh, and that Detroit mayor (Kwame) turned jailbird ain't exactly a Pubbie, either!! :-) Perhaps the McCain camp could squeeze in a clip of the Obamessiah praising Kwame Kilpatrick.
I hope it isn’t a pander.
I'm not involved in the auto-industry, but this one sounds a little more like old established Washington pork sharing than it does truly new reform to downsize the government, to me. I can't help but think who's going to pay for these subsidies and incentives.
I love “Change is Coming”, ripping off The Messiah’s slogan and there’s not a damn thing he can do about it other than whine like a little girl.
“The ad will be air in Michigan.”
I think John McCain needs someone to edit press releases before they go out.
I like the idea on the surface, but my gut tells me that if Michigan is really that close, he does not need to spend money there to win the election. Unless the polls are well-off (negatively for McCain) in the other swing states, I think he would be better focusing exclusively on the states where he has a slim lead and/or have voted Republican lately (e.g. VA, OH, FL, NV, CO). He wins those, and BHO can’t win... I hope he is not wasting money in MI and PA; I just can’t see them going McCain, and if they do, it will be a landslide where national ads would be just as effective.
To restore jobs to Michigan requires several actions:
1. Michigan cannot continue to be a jointly controlled subsidiary of the United Auto Worker’s Union and the Democrat Party.
2. It took a long time to get into the mess that the state is in and it’s going to take a long time to get out. But getting out starts with Item 1. As long as the UAW and the Democrat party is in charge, things are only going to get worse.
3. Michigan and the automobile industry could maintain supra-normal wages and foolish social policies so long as there was no real competition in the auto market. That’s not true now and hasn’t been for 30+ years. It’s time for everyone to recognize that and deal with it.
I lived in Michigan, went to school there and try to keep up with what’s going on politically.
Jack
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Nice ad! McCain offers solutions while Barry complains.