Legal Commentary

McCain Effectively Concedes Michigan

By TChris

Give Michigan's 17 electoral votes to Barack Obama. At least that's the way John McCain sees it.

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. McCain will go off TV in Michigan, stop dropping mail there and send most of his staff to more competitive states, including Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida.

McCain might as well write off Wisconsin while he's at it. Even rural Wisconsin communities that were littered with Bush signs four years ago now feature hard-to-get Obama signs. Florida and Ohio are better places for McCain to spend his dwindling time and dollars.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).