NY Times: McCain Is Giving Up on Michigan [View All]

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:toast: Ding, dong, the witch is dead.... Get out and stay out...and take the wolf killer with you!

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October 2, 2008, 2:30 pm
McCain Pulls Out of Michigan
By Adam Nagourney


John McCain’s decision to cancel a campaign event in Michigan next week was not a matter of scheduling: Mr. McCain is giving up his effort to take the state back into the red column, concluding that economic distress there has simply put the state out of reach, according to Republicans familiar with the decision.

Michigan had been one of Mr. McCain’s top targets for two reasons: evidence that Barack Obama was having trouble connecting with blue-collar voters (which presumably would be a problem there), and also because the Democratic candidates did not participate in the state’s primary after Michigan defied Democratic party rules and held it earlier than permitted.

Republican officials said that polling suggested that Mr. Obama was building a lead there, and said they concluded that it wasn’t worth spending any more campaign funds – or Mr. McCain’s time – in the state.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/mccain-pulls-out-of-michigan/?hp