McCain Turns the Ball Over to Obama

Blurbs in today's news reports are indicating that the McCain campaign is pulling out of Michigan and has cancelled several future events here. Too bad for Michigan. For all practical purposes, Michigan now has no realistic alternative to Obama. Apparently WE have spoken via the polling organizations. This all seems so odd given that Obama did not campaign here in the primaries and did not appear on the primary ballot (except notably as "Other"). Therefore, we can only HOPE that Obama will CHANGE things enough for Michigan to become successful again. Does anyone remember that he previously told us that he WOULD NOT HELP the auto industry here? Does anyone remember that he wants to INVEST in alternative vehicles here? Can you say MASS TRANSIT?

Frankly, I am disappointed that McCain is giving us short shrift. It is in the interplay between the candidates that we would get something for MIchigan out of all this campaigning. Now, as in the past, we will get little or nothing. No one cares about MIchigan anyway due to the on-going financial crises nationally, just ask Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow. So, as long as you have cash you will have access. The rest of us little guys can only hope for some scraps.


John