There is some good news for Michigan today--a state that hasn't had much of it since the Detroit Tigers won the American League pennant two years ago.
The Great Lake State is plagued by high unemployment and people there are voting with with their feet. Michigan and Rhode Island were the only two states to lose population in 2006. The continuing turmoil involving the domestic automobile industry is to blame.
Of course decades ago, Romney's father George was the chairman of American Motors, and later, governor of Michigan.
And Michigan is where Romney hopes to score something he desperately needs--a primary win in next week's vote there.
Unfortunately for Mitt his ties to Michigan, like Hillary's Clinton's to Illinois, are ancient history.
On the flipside, he's an excellent communicator, and Michiganders may thank the former Massachusetts governor for the attention he plans to give the state he was born in. Romney has "moved back" to Michigan for a week, and will only leave it to attend tomorrow's Fox News debate.
But John McCain, whose campaign was invigorated by his win in yesterday's New Hampshire primary, plans to make his presence in Michigan a strong one as well.
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