As Jonathan noted, the latest poll out of Michigan is more evidence that the state is seriously in play for Mitt Romney. Take into account that Obama won Michigan by 16 points in 2008, and was up by 14 points in a Public Policy Polling survey taken just last month. Whether the tightening of the Michigan race is due to fallout from the Wisconsin recall or the latest jobs report, something has clearly shifted the momentum to Romney in the past few weeks.
The Romney campaign sees an opening, and it’s tapped Michigan as the final stop on its swing-state bus tour next week. If you’re wondering how nervous Democrats are about losing the rust belt, take a look at this desperate gambit:
Democrats are launching a bus tour this morning to mirror Mitt Romney’s weekend bus tour of several swing states. The Democratic National Commmittee’s bus will stop in the same states Romney is visiting, carrying Democratic surrogates and Massachusetts officials to highlight the weaknesses in Romney’s record as Bay State governor and to criticize his economic platform. For instance, the bus is scheduled to stop in Scranton, Pa., this afternoon with former Rep. Patrick Murphy, a Massachusetts teacher and a member of the Pennsylvania teacher’s union aboard. …
Democrats are calling their tour the “Romney Economics: The Middle Class Under the Bus.”
Obama was right about one thing in his speech yesterday. This election will be about two competing economic visions — Romney’s actual proposals, versus the negative Democratic spin on Romney’s proposals.
I do not believe that it is so surprising that a large proportion of private sector union members suppport the efforts of Republicans like Scott Walker to rein in the power of public sector unions. After all, those of us in the private sector, union or non-union are stuck with the bill and are not represented at the table. The Democrats, once the champions of the working class, has waged a war on fossil fuels, the most highly unionized sector of the private economy and is seen by many white working males as prejudiced against them. n nThe way I see it, the election is less about right vs left and more about private vs public sector. n n
the Democrats are going to follow Romney around on a me-too bus tour designed specifically to irritate him? n nplease tell me which Einstein in the White House thought THIS was a good idea. n nI predict this stunt ends up as fodder for the late-show comics.