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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

Dawson Leery

(19,560 posts)
4. Obama was 20 points ahead last month.
Wed May 23, 2012, 09:44 PM
May 2012

Perhaps the pollsters are giving the media something to cover.

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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