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McCain pulling out of Michigan

John McCain’s campaign is pulling resources from Michigan and suspending advertising to focus on more competitive states elsewhere.  Obama now leads McCain by a significant margin

Politico:  McCain pulling out of Michigan
The McCain campaign already spent $2 million on advertising in Michigan
Down ballot Republicans not happy
Sarah Palin criticizes the decision

Most of his staff [...]

Rival Tickets Are Redrawing Battlegrounds

The recent New York Times article Rival Tickets Are Redrawing Battlegrounds contains an advertising spend map and campaign stop maps showing where John McCain and Barack Obama are making campaign spots and spending money on TV advertising. Both are spending heavily in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Nevada. Obama is out spending [...]

2008 Michigan Presidential Primary News and Maps

News Coverage of the January 15th, 2008 Michigan Presidential Primary
Republican Primary: Mitt Romney 39%. John McCain 30%. Mike Huckabee 16%. Ron Paul 6%. Fred Thompson 4%. Rudy Giuliani 3%.
Democratic Primary: Hillary Clinton 55% of vote. Uncommitted 40%. The Democratic National Committee stripped Michigan of it’s delegates for violating party rules and neither Barack Obama nor John Edwards contested the Michigan primary and did not appear on the ballot.

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CQ Politics | Poll Tracker – Eye on the Senate: Shaheen Rising in N.H., Franken Sinking in Minn.
FiveThirtyEight.com: 538's Battlegrounds as of Mid-September
Open Left:: Top Ten States
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right: Michigan: What would have happened?
In Terms of Geography, Obama Appeals to Academics and Clinton Appeals to Jacksonians – Michael Barone (usnews.com)
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