<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by madison46:
straightShot:
I saw a new poll in Washington Times with Gore leading in MI by about 2 pts. What are you seeing? Will the Union give it to Gore or will some of those members break with the NRA/GOA?
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Madison:
In Macomb County, I've seen mostly Bush/Cheney and Spence Abraham(Senator) signs. I've seen a few Gore/Lieberman, many Bonior(liberal 10th District House Rep), and a medium number of Stabenow(Abraham's opponent) signs.
I think that the Presidential race will be very close in Michigan, and we need to get the pro-gun vote out so that there's no gamble. The anti-gun (House whip?) - Bonior, will get re-elected with his huge war chest and the fact that he's been in Washington a long time. I think Abraham will retain his seat in the Senate.
As far as unions go and who the rank and file support, here's a refreshing bit from the Detroit News business writer, Jon Pepper:
From the Detroit News, October 18, 2000.
http://www.detnews.com/2000/business/0010/18/b01-136109.htm
Like Reagan Democrats of old, the United Auto Worker members who cheered George W. Bush at a General Motors Corp. plant in Pontiac last week gave an unexpected lift to the aspirations of the Republican candidate for president.
Even Michigan-based campaign strategists, who had seen as many as a third of the state's union members vote for Gov. John Engler in previous elections, said the enthusiasm exceeded their best expectations. They predict now they might draw 35 percent to 40 percent of the state's union voters.
Given the predictions of a close race in what is one of the nation's most important states electorally, that vote from union households could mean the difference between victory and defeat. And yet those slapping Bush/Cheney bumper stickers on their hats and shirts at the GM plant last week were clearly going against the expressed wishes of their union leadership.
Bush's surprising buoyancy from unionists so far is both a function of what he says and what he doesn't say, according to political strategists in the campaign and in the unions. Just as Engler(MI GOV.) won blue-collar support for his property tax relief in Michigan, Bush's proposal to cut taxes across-the-board may hold broad appeal for auto workers, despite claims by Vice-President Al Gore that the cuts would disproportionately help "the rich."
It also didn't hurt Bush among Michigan's union families to vehemently oppose gun registration during last week's debate. More than 750,000 hunters will drive north the week after the election to begin deer season. As one Bush strategist points out, some of them may hold as much allegiance to the NRA as the UAW..........
YEAH, BABY! VOTE FREEDOM FIRST!
straightShot
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