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BlueDemKev

(3,003 posts)
Wed May 23, 2012, 08:30 PM May 2012

Michigan?

WTF is going on in Michigan? Obama's lead has evaporated there and now it's been looked at as a "toss-up" state instead of a "leans Obama" state. After the auto industry's revitalization, I can't believe the state is even in play. That's 16 electoral votes we MUST carry...no ifs ands or MITTS!

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Roselma

(540 posts)
2. Hard to say...
Wed May 23, 2012, 09:12 PM
May 2012

Obama still ahead by 5 in latest polling, yet they're moving Michigan to toss up. Maybe they have to have a much bigger lead than 5 in order to be considered "leans":

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/mi/michigan_romney_vs_obama-1811.html

BlueDemKev

(3,003 posts)
5. The more time and money we spend in states that we should already have locked down....
Thu May 24, 2012, 08:52 AM
May 2012

....means LESS time to spend in the critical swing states like Ohio and Colorado that we need to get over 270.

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