McCain to Surrender Michigan?

By BJ

Sorry Fester, it appears that the McCain camp has decided to pull out of Michigan instead of Pennsylvania.

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.

I’m somewhat surprised at the timing of this.  I would have expected McCain to hold on for at least another week or so, but as Fester mentioned in his post, McCain’s finances are constrained, and so we see him starting to abandon pick up opportunities, which, excepting some of the truly long-shot cases, are always interpreted as a sign that a campaign is in trouble.

Comments

[sfHeath]

I guess this means Palin won't be stepping aside with Romney taking her place.

[BJ Bjornson]

Safe to say that was never going to happen. For Palin to step down would be tantamount to McCain admitting he made a mistake in choosing her, and as we all know, admitting a mistake is like kryptonite or something to your political future.

You must always "stay the course". Even the ones that take you over a cliff.