"Granholm Pulls Ahead in Mich. Gov. Race" 8-9 point lead!

[in_cog_ni_to]

:woohoo:


LANSING, Mich. Oct 20, 2006 (AP)— With Detroit's auto industry closing factories and laying off workers in a desperate struggle to start making money again, the biggest turnaround story in Michigan could well be Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

The Democrat has pulled ahead in her bid for re-election, going from a near-tie this summer to an 8- or 9-point lead over Republican businessman Dick DeVos, despite the sour Michigan economy and the fortune DeVos has spent on ads telling voters he will get the state working again.

The tide began to turn in August, after the Michigan Democratic Party started running commercials promoting the governor's jobs plan and Granholm began pledging in her own ads to defend Michigan residents from high gasoline prices.

By early September, the Democrats were attacking some of DeVos' business practices at the family business he once led, direct marketer Amway Corp

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2591765

[MichiganVote]

1. Look, we all want change in Michigan....but we don't want DeVos&Scamway

[Parche]

2. devos

Looks like Devos didnt make to 'Diamond' level in the polls!!!

[MichiganVote]

6. They would easily bankrupt this state

[whathappened]

3. did anybody esle

get that god alful freeper flyer in the mail yesterday , they had our gov photo shopped to look like she was one ugly old lady , why in the world would they ever attack this very nice looking lady with these ugly pictures , i filed my freeper ad in the file 13 folder faster then you can say bye

[gollygee]

4. Thank goodness

and to the above poster re mailings, I have gotten some doozies from the Michigan GOP lately. They are AWFUL.

[Libby2]

5. Thank Goodness!!

I'm so glad to hear this news.

[Hidden Stillness]

7. The Debates Really Helped

As soon as Democrats started answering DeVos's lies about being a "business leader" and "knowing what it takes to help Michigan's economy," etc., exposing them as lies, and especially after the three fabulous debates, where Granholm was, as always, intelligent, highly organized, knowlegeable and compassionate, and DeVos was shifty, evasive, pricky and weird, it all started building up as a strong Granholm lead. She has always been very popular here, even when she was Attorney General and further back, and as soon as she had an uncensored platform to speak to the people, it was clear that she is the real Governor, and DeVos is some creepy millionaire with delusions.