Wed Sep 12, 2012, 06:23 PM
Faygo Kid (20,222 posts)
Poll: Obama widens Michigan lead over Romney to 10 points after convention
Source: Detroit Free Press
President Barack Obama, fresh off a Democratic National Convention in which the turnaround of Michigan’s signature auto industry played a central role, heads into the final 2 months of the campaign with the state’s voters solidly behind him. A poll done by EPIC-MRA of Lansing for the Free Press, WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) and other media partners showed Obama with a commanding 10-point lead over Michigan-born-and-raised Mitt Romney, whose chances in the state may have been seriously hurt by last week’s Democratic convention in Charlotte. Democrats made the 2009 rescue of General Motors and Chrysler — and the jobs it saved nationwide — a central theme of the convention, with autoworkers, UAW President Bob King and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm among the speakers. “When the whole theme for the Democrats is Osama bin Laden is dead and GM is alive … that’s got to help in Michigan and Ohio and a couple other states as well,” said EPIC-MRA pollster Bernie Porn. . . Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20120912/NEWS15/120912090/obama-widens-lead-over-romney-to-10-points-michigan?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE That's my home state. The one where the trees are just the right height. 
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Author | Time | Post |
 Poll: Obama widens Michigan lead over Romney to 10 points after convention (Original post) |
Faygo Kid | Sep 2012 | OP |
| Tarheel_Dem | Sep 2012 | #1 | |
| davidpdx | Sep 2012 | #8 | |
| Tarheel_Dem | Sep 2012 | #9 | |
| frazzled | Sep 2012 | #2 | |
| MichiganVote | Sep 2012 | #3 | |
| catbyte | Sep 2012 | #4 | |
| Dawgs | Sep 2012 | #5 | |
| Bozita | Sep 2012 | #6 | |
| Siwsan | Sep 2012 | #7 | |
| ProudToBeBlueInRhody | Sep 2012 | #10 | |
| GreenTea | Sep 2012 | #11 | |
| Liberal_in_LA | Sep 2012 | #12 |
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 06:28 PM
1. The M$M must be so sad. How are they gonna get people to buy the "neck & neck" b.s. after this?
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Response to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #1)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:07 PM
davidpdx (8,824 posts)
8. Just watched a video on Yahoo
Response to davidpdx (Reply #8)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:17 PM
9. It's really frustrating. But everyone needs to understand that the M$M needs to sell ads. And,
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they're making a boatload of $$$$ right now. If they tell everyone that the president is in really good shape to win this election, the GOP will pull their ad dollars. It's such a farce, and it's all about $$$$.
Have I mentioned that I hate the M$M?
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 06:28 PM
frazzled (9,144 posts)
2. I'm really happy about that for more than the obvious reasons
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 06:35 PM
3. Michigan is sick of the GOP and their shit.
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 06:45 PM
catbyte (3,945 posts)
4. I knew Obama would pull away. Romney doesn't stand a snowball's
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chance in hell of winning my state.
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 06:57 PM
5. I felt like the focus of DNC convention was to shore up MI and OH by using auto bailout.
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A move I liked.
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:01 PM
Bozita (26,949 posts)
6. His coattails may just change the makeup of Michigan's teabagger legislature.
Response to Bozita (Reply #6)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:05 PM
Siwsan (1,830 posts)
7. I sure hope so - we need the Film tax incentive reinstated
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:23 PM
ProudToBeBlueInRhody (10,330 posts)
10. Psst...Michigan was never close
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:46 PM
GreenTea (5,149 posts)
11. Spend tons of money as the republicans are planning in Ohio & Pennsylvania
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 09:08 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,708 posts)
12. kick
