Michigan is getting a bit rougher. Romney and his email squad are continuing to beat the drum that McCain is “pessimistic” about bringing all the auto jobs back and now hits McCain on his support on
CAFE. Today McCain
hit back with a mailer of his own going after Romney on his tax, er, “fee” and “loophole closing”, record in Massachusetts. Romney is playing the
family card extremely hard ( e.g. his parents are buried there he tells one crowd). I don’t know whether voters, especially those under 60 yrs old, will be persuaded. (His sister lost a senate primary race despite the family name.) Aside from these skirmishes, I do think the race is peculiarly less intense considering what is at stake compared to NH and Iowa. It may be the national press corps is tuckered out and in a big state the energy and intense personal retail politics gets diluted.