Ethics

McCain Concedes Michigan

By Ed Brayton

Politico is reporting that John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, sending staff to other more competitive states and canceling his appearances and advertising here, essentially conceding the state to Obama. This is huge news. The polls this week have been a disaster for McCain. In the most recent polls, Obama has now taken a lead in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.

4 straight polls in Florida put his lead between 4 and 8 points, outside the margin of error. In Virginia, the last three polls of likely voters put Obama's lead between 3 and 9 points. In both Ohio and North Carolina, the polls are more mixed but the average results has Obama in the lead in both. This is a seismic shift of huge proportions over the last two weeks.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).