What's Left of the Michigan Primary

As of this entry, the polls will be closing in about 45 minutes. Voting has been low here. The local station, WNDU reported that about 9 percent of eligible voters have voted. My dad told me that he had gone to New Troy and he was the only person that was there to vote. I joked with my boss about letting me go early so that I could vote. Yeah, like that was going to happen.

I heard from one source that Sen. McCain was ahead of Gov. Romney. I haven't seen any news that has polling numbers yet so I suppose I'll find out for sure tomorrow morning. Or, if I manage to stay up, later tonight when the late edition of the local news comes on.

Pundits say that Gov. Romney needs to come out on top or a the very least come in a very close second. A McCain win would bolster his position as the leading GOP candidate and would be solidified with a win in South Carolina.

I was watching the BBC World* doing a newscast on the race here. The journalist seemed to be a little surprised that most of the people she interviewed were saying that the economy was their number one concern. Well no shit Sherlock. Have you taken a good look around this state? No duh, it's the economy--at least for us Michiganders. I suppose I shouldn't be too hard on her it was just my gut reaction to her reporting. To be fair, it's not likely that BBC watchers would have known the context of what is motivating those voters.

Fox News had shown some Democrat voters who went and voted anyways despite the fact that they will have no voting delegates at the convention. Some of them seem pretty cheesed that they were "disenfranchised." I feel their outrage. Really, I do.

UPDATE 8:40pm:
It appears that Gov. Romney is actually in the lead. Again, no real numbers though.

UPDATE 10:50pm:
And Gov. Romney takes Michigan. So that's Huckabee-Iowa, McCain-New Hampshire, and Romney-Michigan. Who's next, Thompson for South Carolina? Guiliani for Florida? Does this mean that the Super Duper Tuesday states may actually get to decide?



*It's nice to have a foreign viewpoint on our own events sometimes.

Comments

Sooo-this-is-me said…
Hey David, my foreign viewpoint of those events, blah blah blah American politics, blah blah blah, elections blah blah blah Mitt Romney takes Michigan! Really? Is he not kind of a little cracked? Oh wait a minute, you guys put Bush in twice, what was it G.W said, oh yes "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice and um.. um.. er.. um.. then you must be Sadama Bin Laden!"

Have a good day Davy! ;)
Steven
Wed Jan 16, 06:58:00 AM EST
David said…
You know, there's a reason why I don't watch CBC but I won't get into that now.
Wed Jan 16, 06:45:00 PM EST
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Be fruitful and multiply...by ten.

Some coworkers and I were talking about that lady in Arkansas that just delivered her 17th child. The Associated Press announced the good news a couple days ago and I remembered the family from the Discovery Channel . The Duggar family had been the subject of a number of specials dealing with large families. They are especially memorable given that the number of kids as well as their, well, peculiar lifestyle. The people that I was talking to balked at the idea of having that many kids with a few of them openly calling the Duggar parents crazy. I have to admit, I think that they are little bonkers in the head too. But you know, that’s cool on the other hand too. And it’s actually impressive that they are able to afford to have such a large family. There are some parts of me that would like to have a large family. (My definition of large stops at five kids just so you know.) But their criticisms largely used the Duggars' religious faith. From what this article indicated, they are pa
Read more

Meet Bob

Image
 I ordered my Ford Escape PHEV on October 13, 2022 and I finally took delivery on September 1, 2023. h/t to my salesman Meet Bob. Actually, I thought I would come up with a better name since my last car was named Patty because I got her on St. Patrick's Day. But after spending about three minutes trying to think of something clever, I threw in the towel and settled on Bob. So this is a base model PHEV. It doesn't have things like a heads up display, 360 degree camera, premium audio system, etc. Mind you, I came from a base fiesta. Patty had roll-down windows and didn't even have cruise control. This is a very big upgrade for me. A little over two weeks in, I've hit 1,000 miles. I've tried to force some non-ev time. I'm not sure what kind of engine break in is needed for this. I figured I should do some of that and get its first oil change before I head down to Florida with it in November. So far, just one and one-quarter tanks of gas used. Averaging 86 mpg. Most
Read more

Am I financing? Bwah ha ha ha!

Image
 When I purchased my house, I thought my heating system was bonkers. It used hot water from a tank and blew the air over that to be heated up. Like a boiler... kinda? I had made some inquiries to businesses in the area because if this broke, who would fix it? The best lead I got was familiar with the system but didn't service it. I knew that when the system goes, I would be replacing it with an entirely new system. Well that day came. The old system with its water tank. The new system. Notice the old water tank is gone. A couple years ago the air conditioning had gone out too but summers are pretty mild and I had gotten away with a window unit. After the car purchase and also a garage door repair needed, I had to finance this. I took a few thousand dollars to pay off the existing loan that I had out for the window replacements. I can apply the money that had been going to the windows loan to go on top of the loan I now have out for this system. That will help me get this paid off s
Read more