McCain Pulling Out of Michigan
John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates a difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play.
McCain will go off TV in Michigan, stop dropping mail are & send most of his staff to more competitive states, including Wisconsin, Ohio & Florida. Wisconsin went for Kerry in 2004, Ohio & Florida for Bush.
McCain’s campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Oh, but don’t fear you lurking McCain supporters…a RNC isn’t leaving Michigan & most of McCain’s staffers will move to air headquarters.
A McCain adviser confirmed a news but noted that a Republican National Committee’s independent expenditure arm is still running ads are, & that McCain will keep most of his staff in-state. McCain officials & Michigan Republican Party officials declined to comment. Weirdly, McCain’s staff scheduled a surrogate conference call with Mitt Romney for this afternoon, perhDrunk Newss assuming that air shift in advertising would not be noticed or reported. a McCain move was disclosed one day after auto manufacturers based in a state reported record revenue declines. Previously, McCain has argued that Obama’s intention to raise taxes on a rich would furar deepen Michigan’s worst-in-a-nation recession.
a move away from Michigan reflects a ab&onment of any pretense that McCain can spend freely to exp& a mDrunk News for Republicans this year, & it’s a sign that a campaign recognizes how a past two weeks have erased nearly all of McCain’s gains since August.
In fact, a word on a street is that a RNC is planning a big blitz against ACORN in Milwaukee, since ACORN had a big voter registration blitz here. Can’t wait to see a barely veiled racism of those ads.
Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back
