By: Suzanne Rosenberg In today's edition of news from newspaper campaign blogs: McCain campaign withdraws from Michigan, Palin Bingo making the rounds of debate observers, and polls confusing in Virginia. Homer Simpson tries to vote and Warren Buffet for Treasury Secretary. Links at the bottom. ?
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McCain campaign withdraws from Michigan
Swamp
Chicago Tribune
By Jill Zuckman
Clearly concerned over spending priorities, the McCain campaign has decided to withdraw from active campaigning in Michigan. Michigan has lost 400,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000, unemployment is the highest in the country and the state is one of two in the nation losing population as Jill Zuckman of the Swamp blog points out. Republicans have not been able to win the state since Reagan's VP George H.W. Bush in 1988.
Bill Ballenger, the editor of Inside Michigan Politics, called the McCain campaign, "just plum stupid" for "acknowledging that they are giving up?.and that it is destructive, not only to their own campaign, but it hurts other Republican candidates down the ticket " The latest polls for Michigan on fivethirtyeight.com show Michigan no longer a swing state, but Obama with a 10 point lead.
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PalinBingo
Like me, many of you may have received the Palin Bingo card in your email yesterday before the Palin-BIden debate. Someone at the Swamp blog also clearly received it and it points out that players can "x" out Palin's favorite words as the debate goes on. Some of these are "maverick, glass ceiling, hockey mom, etc." A similar card could be made for Sen. Joe Biden, as the Swamp points out which might include, "literally, ladies and gentleman," but I haven't seen one. Or "kitchen table."
Those confusing polls
Top of the Ticket
The Los Angeles Times
By Don Frederick
In Virginia, a tossup according to the polls, there are competing reports about who is leading. Last week a Time Magazine/CNN poll of voters in Virginia gave Barack Obama a 9 percentage point lead over McCain (53%-44%). And today a new survey of voters in the same state by the Mason Dixon Polling and Research company showed McCain at 48%, Obama 45%. Pollster.com accounts for the crucial 13 electoral votes this way: Obama 47.8% and McCain 47.5%, almost dead even.
Homer tries to vote on November 4
The Caucus
The New York Times
By Brian Stelter
In an episode of the Simpsons which is scheduled to air on November 2, two days before the presidential election, Mr. Simpson, the not so quick star of the Simpsons, tries to vote for Barack Obama. This is homer's first vote in a presidential election even though he has campaigned for candidates, and has run for elected office himself. Even former presidents have even made guest appearances on the series. According to Brian Steter in the Caucus, In the upcoming episode, "it's time for a change," says Homer to an electronic voting machine?. but in a humorous take on allegations of voter fraud that occurred in prior elections, the machine records the vote- multiple votes for John McCain, and the machine even tries to swallow Homer when he disagrees. See video at the new E&P Pub blog, www.eandppub.com.
Warren Buffett for Treasury
On Politics
USA Today
By Mark Memmott
In another surprising remark from the McCain camp, John McCain said that he thought Warren Buffett, an Obama supporter, might make a good treasury secretary. "I think it would be someone that Americans would recognize that would inspire trust and confidence," McCain said of his potential Treasury choice. "There's people like (Cisco CEO) John Chambers, there's people like (former eBay CEO) Meg Whitman, there's people like Warren Buffett."
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