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McCain pulling out of Michigan
Politico ^ | 10-2-2008 | Jon Martin

Posted on 10/02/2008 11:32:39 AM PDT by paul544

John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: bobdole2; mccain; mccainpalin; mi2008; michigan; palin; sarah; sarahpalin; swingstates
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To: padre35
The fact that Bush did not investigate ACORN’s illegal activites is one more thing against him IMO.

I agree this is not just a McCain Campaign issue this is a GOP issue. At some point you need to let the racism accusations roll off your shoulder and and call fraud for what it is. Eventually if you don't cave in the American people will get it. I think most Americans are truly sick of the political correctness restraints that prevent legitimate concerns from being expressed. The key is you can't immediately give in to the mobs and hold your ground. Yes you will suffer casualties at first but eventually race baiting can be extinguished or at least diminished where its not a legitimate issue.

261 posted on 10/02/2008 12:57:46 PM PDT by Archon of the East (Universal Executive Power of the Law of Nature)
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To: kesg
I don’t put much stock in Obama’s ground game in Iowa because the GOP operation (which the RNC runs, not the McCain campaign) is not exactly chopped liver.

I do take Obama's Iowa ground game seriously, but your latter point (re: RNC vs. McCain) is well taken.

262 posted on 10/02/2008 12:59:02 PM PDT by impeachedrapist (Bill Clinton, as Arkansas Attorney General did you make Juanita Broaddrick pay for her rape kit?)
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To: CottonBall
WE'RE not dumbed down. We're smart enough to realize that McCAIN is capable of dumbness far beyond ours.

I hope this is a false alarm, but it's certainly not beyond the range of possibility, unfortunately.

Leni

263 posted on 10/02/2008 12:59:28 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Obama's Moose is Cooked!)
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To: CatOwner

Why don’t you just post at the DUmp? Clearly you’d be in your element there.


264 posted on 10/02/2008 12:59:34 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: HardStarboard

It’s up on Yahoo now..

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_el_pr/obama_40

And, ooooh, YIPFREEKINYEE - his BROTHER is coming here?

Wow. That should really fill the stands.

What BS.

Looks like McCain has all but officially thrown in the towel at this point. It’s all over but the crying. And against an opponent that should be CAKE to beat!


265 posted on 10/02/2008 12:59:44 PM PDT by jstolzen (All it takes for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke)
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To: jstolzen
Oh, I know..”Mr. Nice Guy”. That, and signing a $850B boondoggle. Kinda takes the steam out of the “I’ll name names!” huffery, eh?

I saw (or thought I did) a difference in him the night of the first debate. The man that went back to DC to fix the problem and sided with the House conservatives on the fix just wasn't there. I figured then he decided to go along with the bailout. What a shame - really being a maverick, backing what is right - and what surprisingly 75-90% of people want, as well as helping out the conservatives that are trying hard to protect our interests could've vaulted him ahead. IMO.
266 posted on 10/02/2008 12:59:47 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: wny

We should all (Freepers) move to Texas and secede.


267 posted on 10/02/2008 12:59:56 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: what's up

According to a post a few posts up, he cancelled an event there.


268 posted on 10/02/2008 1:00:00 PM PDT by RockinRight (Obama who?)
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To: TheWasteLand

I would need to register there to do that, and I have zero intention of giving them any personal information when I sign up.


269 posted on 10/02/2008 1:01:16 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: paul544

I hope this isn’t true. I just spoke with my parents in Kalamazoo. They report that the Obama signs are thick among the university snobs, but that once you get out of town there are McCain signs everywhere. They’ve lived in Michigan since 1959, and they didn’t seem to think it was impossible for him to snag it this time around.


270 posted on 10/02/2008 1:01:41 PM PDT by Think free or die
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To: MinuteGal
WE'RE not dumbed down. We're smart enough to realize that McCAIN is capable of dumbness far beyond ours. I hope this is a false alarm, but it's certainly not beyond the range of possibility, unfortunately.

Okay, I gotta laugh at your 2nd sentence! (I'm no McAmnesty fan, but will support him in this election b/c of Palin. And lack of other real options).
271 posted on 10/02/2008 1:02:53 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: sarasota

Being from Michigan today it is very depressing to know that your vote doesn’t make a difference. Especially in light of the next two debates which were before the next Michigan appearance.

I guess I can just go fishing on election day.


272 posted on 10/02/2008 1:03:54 PM PDT by kempster
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To: CatOwner
I would need to register there to do that, and I have zero intention of giving them any personal information when I sign up.

Unsurprising that's the only reason you wouldn't want to hang out at the DUmp. Your attitude and politics are a perfect fit.

273 posted on 10/02/2008 1:03:55 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: Retired Greyhound
We should all (Freepers) move to Texas and secede.

I will if you pick another state. Texas is too hot and the terrain isn't very pretty. (Hey - I was born there, lived there 25 years, then moved back again for a couple of years - so Texans bash away now!) ps. It's loaded with illegals and decades of anchors.
274 posted on 10/02/2008 1:04:52 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: MinuteGal; TheWasteLand
The McCain camp via CNN confirmed shifting resources away from Michigan and into OH, PA...

...and Maine!

275 posted on 10/02/2008 1:05:45 PM PDT by impeachedrapist (Bill Clinton, as Arkansas Attorney General did you make Juanita Broaddrick pay for her rape kit?)
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To: paul544

It’s pull out time
the only question is will Hillary replace Obama?
The answer was given LONG LONG ago
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22hillary+clinton+2008+for+dummies%22


276 posted on 10/02/2008 1:05:56 PM PDT by VlPu
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To: All

Re all of the reports about what is going on in Florida:

I am in South Florida...Ft Lauderdale area to be exact and here is what I see

*My solid middle class neighborhood has NO Obama yard signs that I can find. In 2004, you could not spit and miss a Kerry sign. I took an extended run this afternoon and found four “Democrat for McCain” signs.

*Our Victory office cannot keep yard signs and bumper stickers with Sarah’s name on them in stock. People get down right irate when they are informed that they can only get one per visit.

*Also at the Victory office, we have more volunteers than phones.

*If you are not already familiar with the no match no vote law, google it. Acorn is going to have a very hard time cheating here.

Now I know that I am only talking about one little corner of a great big state. But this little corner is usually a very blue one. It feels very different this year in a good way.

Chin up people. Please do not even think of conceding this great country to a Marxist. If Mac isn’t fighting hard enough in your opinion...go help him.


277 posted on 10/02/2008 1:06:54 PM PDT by lovesdogs
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To: manc

MANY are not telling the truth. On the left you have the cellphone only people, and the ones that talk big but never turn out to vote. On the right you have the great Silent Majority, who keepp their mouths shut, and if they DO talk to pollsters would NEvER admit to a stranger that they won’t vote for this particular black man. (I understand some of them wouldn’t vote for any BM, but some of them just understandably don’t like BO.)

It’s pretty hard to make a solid prediction these days. It could still go 49-1 for McCain.


278 posted on 10/02/2008 1:07:41 PM PDT by ichabod1 (You won't know communism is here until it puts a boot in your derriere.)
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To: impeachedrapist; MinuteGal
The McCain camp via CNN confirmed shifting resources away from Michigan and into OH, PA...

Well, well, well. You were right MinuteGal. I'll never doubt you again! (Looks like I'm the dumbed-down one).

Perhaps it's a smart move to spend more elsewere? I don't really follow campaign strategies, but it would make sense.
279 posted on 10/02/2008 1:08:01 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: paul544
This smells a little fishy to me. Why would this demoralizing announcement come out of the McCain camp just hours before Sarah's debate?

Something is rotten in Hamtramck.

Is there a Trojan Horse among the McCain staff?

Leni

280 posted on 10/02/2008 1:08:38 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Obama's Moose is Cooked!)
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