John McCain (D-AZ), Sarah Palin, (D-AK)

McCain pulled out of Michigan last week as you all know. Since then there's been some ~*question*~ as to whether that claim is actually true. Sen. Obama holds a 53-44 lead here in Michigan as of this writing and the momentum is in his favor.

Sen. McCain, however, hasn't given up on us yet. His new strategy here is apparently to be a Democrat according to a mailer that my mom (who passed away last winter) received this afternoon.






There are a few interesting things to note about this mailer.

• It's almost complete B.S.


• Who's running for president here, McCain or Palin? The mailer focuses largely on Palin and the photographs feature her more prominently than McCain. Who thinks it's a good idea to put the mutton headed newcomer up front in this campaign. Is John McCain really that unappealing to voters?


• No one who is against abortion even in cases of rape and incest is going to be on board for expanding stem-cell research. That claim is just complete bunk.


• It'll be a lot easier to fight wasteful spending now that the Republicans have effectively wiped out the economy...although they're also excellent at deficit spending, so forget I said anything.


• Palin "voted from the center?" Well, if that's true, kudos to USA Today for finding something that Palin isn't hard-right extremist on. Jeers to the same if they didn't point out her massively anti-populist views on virtually everything else.


• The people of Michigan may be down on our luck, but we're not abjectly stupid. We know who the Democrat is in this election and we know who the Republican is. Painting the Palin/McCain ticket as anything but Bush Round III with the addition of a veep even more scary and dangerous than Dick Cheney is pure dirge.


• Speaking of dirge, "Change is coming." is the Republican's swan song. When Barack Obama is sworn in on January 20th, change will come, and not a moment too soon.

I wonder if Palin's campaign is going to keep sinking cash into states like Michigan that are 9+ points ahead in the polls with 24 days to go. Heck, if they're into wasting money, they should start sending this drivel to California and D.C. - even people in the district, where Obama is 60 points ahead, need crap like this to keep their landfills growing.

595 hours until the polls open on the east coast.