Smile welded firmly in place, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urges Michigan women to support Barack Obama.
Sound Bite: “Women have been the backbone for every movement for change in the history of our country.”
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Most analysts think Michigan will be a “battleground” state and Obama’s folks are preparing the battlefield. Here’s an organizational clip from the campaign aimed at recruiting local volunteers.
The Michigan Republican Party today posted a YouTube video asking Barack Obama “Why did you boycott Michigan for so long? They also charge that “You stiffed our voters” and “You insulted our way of life” (replaying the “bitter” Americans audio bite). What? None of Reverend Wright’s greatest hits? (Wait until October.)
Most analysts looking at the Democratic party’s remaining primary schedule conclude that it’s going to be very difficult for Hillary Clinton to surpass Barack Obama in elected delegates and popular vote if Michigan and Florida don’t hold new elections. Although Florida has already thrown in the towel, the Michigan situation is still unresolved. Senator Clinton knows the score. That’s why she’s speaking in Detroit today.
Sound Bite: “We need to either count the votes that have already been cast in Michigan and Florida or have new, full and fair elections so that we can have your voices and your votes counted.”
Well, Mitt Romney finally won one. Here’s his Michigan victory speech.
Sound Bite: “Tonight is a victory of optimism over Washington-style pessimism.”
A fired-up Mitt Romney has morphed into the “change” candidate.
Sound Bite: “If there’s ever been a time we needed change in Washington, it is now.”
Endorsements from large newspapers always result in bragging ads from candidates. Here’s the Michigan version from John McCain.
In this 30-second spot running in Michigan, Mitt Romney laments the decline of this once-dynamic industrial state.
Sound Bite: “It breaks my heart to see us in a one-state recession.”
In this 30-second spot running in Michigan, Mike Huckabee channels John Edwards.
Sound Bite: “When you grow up and life’s a struggle, you have a whole different understanding of what most people are going through.”
Mitt Romney is starting to run ads for the January 15, 2008 Michigan primary. In this 30-second spot, featuring a photo of his father, Governor George Romney (who marched with Martin Luther King — figuratively, that is), Mitt says “It’s inexcusable that Michigan is undergoing a one-state recession.”
