Does Not Matter Who Won Debate, News Of Day Was/Is McCain Calling It Quits In Michigan

McCain McQuits Michigan

The pundits are going back and forth and not really saying much of anything. In short, the bobble heads matter is, who won the debate is to a great degree academic. In what can only be the stupidest tactical move in Political History, word got out of the McCain Campaign just hours before the debate that he was calling it QUITS IN MICHIGAN!

Hello, that is game, set and match, that trumps anything that could have happened in the debate this evening. Even if McCain and his staff had decided to pull up stakes and surrender Michigan to Obama, why would you, how could you let that news get out just hours before a MAJOR debate, the only debate between to the two Vice Presidential candidates? Perhaps they thought this map shaking and changing news would get swept under the carpet in the excitement of the debate?

McCain camp pulls out of Michigan

By David Jackson, USA TODAY

ST. LOUIS — Republican John McCain's presidential campaign all but conceded vote-rich Michigan to Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday, diverting ad money and candidate trips from a state it once deemed a top target.

Michigan, with 17 electoral votes, is a vital Midwestern battleground that traditionally tests a presidential candidate's ability to draw key blocs such as working-class voters. Obama leads McCain in Michigan polls by an average of 7 percentage points, according to recent polls compiled by RealClearPolitics.com.


POLITICS BLOG: Latest on McCain's strategy in Mich.

"It's been the worst state of all the states in play," said McCain senior adviser Greg Strimple. "It's an obvious one … to come off the list."

John McWhiner...Life Isn't Fair!

Almost spit out my wine when reading this article over on CNN...cannot believe John McWhiner would publically state that Obama is doing better in the polls because LIFE ISN'T FAIR...this from a man who is married to a woman worth $100 MILLION DOLLARS, this from a man that has 13 houses, and GOD KNOWS HOW MANY CARS!

October 2nd, 2008

McCain says Obama lead growing because ‘life isn’t fair’

Posted: 01:02 PM ET

(CNN) — Sen. John McCain said Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama’s poll numbers are rising as the economy seems to sink “because life isn’t fair.”

“He certainly did nothing for the first few days,” McCain said Thursday on Fox News. “I suspended my campaign, took our ads down, came back to Washington, met with the House folks and got on the phone, and also had face-to-face meetings.”

New CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. polls of several key battleground states, released Wednesday, found Obama has made gains across the board — either taking statistically significant leads or erasing McCain advantages — over the past few weeks. And since the financial crisis began in mid-September, Obama has taken and held a lead over McCain in the national CNN poll of polls.

Obama joined McCain in Washington for a meeting with congressional leaders convened by the president. He said afterward was concerned “that when you start interjecting presidential politics into delicate negotiations, you could actually create more problems than less.”