Thursday, October 2, 2008

McCain shows his hand

Ok we have established the game is getting out of control and Obama is starting to run the table. We asked ourselves what is McCain to do. Remembering that he is limited to 84 million he has to decide where to put his resources. McCain was hoping to make in roads in PA, MI, and
MN. As I mentioned earlier in "out of control" once PA solidified for Obama was in the drivers seat. Now that has happened McCain is down to MI and / or MN.

We have just gotten word via: Politico that the McCain is pulling out of Michigan.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1008/McCain_pulling_out_of_Michigan.html?showall

It appears they are redistributing resources to WI, OH, FL. Now OH and FL are absolutely necessary. McCain can't even keep it close let alone win with out both states. Now WI is a hopeful. I am still doubtful. Considering WI has been consistently polling for Obama if not by large margins. In addition I can only imagine the volunteer resources that are being deployed into WI from IL. Thirdly it was WI that pretty much broke the primaries open for Obama.
I will not be surprised if the resources don't leave their soon. However, McCain is going to have to go hunting somewhere even if it is along shot. We have seen McCain is a gambler and not afraid of the long shot. We will see if that plays out in his resource allocation.



"John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play."

"McCain will go off TV in Michigan, stop dropping mail there and send most of his staff to more competitive states, including Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida. Wisconsin went for Kerry in 2004, Ohio and Florida for Bush."


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