You may remember that last year when McCain’s
fortunes were waning Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox resigned
as chair of McCain’s Michigan team. Well Monday he was out saying
nice things again. From the
Detroit Free Press: “Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said
Monday he expects to vote for McCain even though he resigned as his
state chairman last year in frustration over the way his campaign
was being run. ‘It’s a tribute to McCain’s character and charisma
that he’s still in a position to win anywhere, including Michigan,’
Cox said. ‘It shows that what matters sometimes is “not the
campaign but the candidate,’ he said.” A Republican operative on
the ground in Michigan tells me that Cox repeated his praise in a
radio interview today. When things are good those fair weather
friends have a way of finding you.
And yes it was too good to last. Not a
barking dog but more
like a whining puppy showed up in my inbox from the Romney people
complaining that McCain is down on the auto industry in Michigan
and says some of these jobs are not coming back while Romney is the
sunny optimist. It would be nice to get through more than 24-hours
without another round of attacks but I suspect the dogs will be
howling by the weekend.UPDATE: McCain may also have gotten an
assist today from Rudy. Rudy it seems will not be making any kind
of
effort in Michigan so McCain can
scoop up those voters as well.