McCain's Michigan Endorsement
Conservatives for McCain -- or Michigan Conservatives for McCain -- is a new blog on Townhall. It's run by Dan Carlson, the chair of the Michigan Federation of College Republicans. He'll provide a good source of Michigan-based foot soldiers for McCain in '08. Right now, Carlson's blog on IA's Chuck Larson is the top opinion blog on the Townhall site.
In other Michigan '08 news, Gov. Mitt Romney's RGA has given $750K to run issue ads on behalf of Dick DeVos's gubernatorial bid. That comes after the RGA sent $500K to Iowa. It's easy to see these public announcements as too cute by half for a presidential candidate, but here's the rhyme: the RGA wants the DGA to waste money in Michigan, and we're fairly certain the DGA took some phone calls yesterday from allies of Dem governor Jennifer Granholm, wanting to know when their money would be arriving. Luckily, DGA chair Bill Richardson is a potential presidential candidate, too. Still, a fair question can be asked: why give money to a state where your candidate is a self-funder? Why not to Colorado or Maryland, two states where a public infusion of cash could boost the GOPers in that state? We know the RGA is doing quite a bit below the radar in those states, but publicity often begets more money.
Right... Dick DeVos needs $750G from the RGA when he has billions in ill-gotten Amway money? Sounds more like it's the RGA throwing away money there. Unless you mean Granholm doesn't need their help, which she doesn't.
Her leads in the Strategic Vision and WSJ polls show that DeVos has only limited appeal, and the more people hear about Amway (and his ties to war profiteer Blackwater) the better she's going to do.