Our beloved Governor of Michigan is successfully deflecting the barrage of negatives ads from the Amway heir Dick Devos. A new poll by EPIC-MRI shows Granholm 49%, Dick Devos 42%, a lucky seven point lead.
Our Governor quipped the other day that she inherited a $4billion deficit while her opponent inherited the Amway fortune. Won't you help our beloved Governor with another four years in office...
http://www.granholmforgov.com
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You can find the full survey of michigan voters at:
http://www.woodtv.com/...
But here are the key highlights:
Exclusive Survey For:
The Detroit News - WXYZ TV7 - WOOD TV8 - WILX TV10 - WJRT 12
EPIC ▪ MRA Statewide Poll - August 21 - 22, 2006
[FREQUENCY REPORT of SURVEY RESPONSES - 600 SAMPLE - ERROR ±4.9%]
If the election for governor were held today, would you vote for [ROTATE] Jennifer Granholm the Democrat, Greg Creswell the Libertarian or Dick DeVos [duh-VOSS] the Republican?
[IF UNDECIDED] Well, if the election were held today and you had to decide
right now, which candidate would you lean toward?
44% Jennifer Granholm
5% lean toward Granholm
49% Total GRANHOLM
37% Dick DeVos
5% lean toward DeVos
42% Total DeVOS
2% Greg Creswell
1% lean toward Creswell
3% Total CRESWELL
6% Undecided/don't know/refused
A solid 44% is behind Granholm while Devos is stuck at a weak 37%.
President Bush remains wildly popular(UN) here in MI with nearly 12% giving him an excellant rating. Sorry trying Rovian spin here.
16. Overall, how would you rate the job being done by George W. Bush as President -- would you give him a positive rating of excellent or pretty good, or a negative rating of just fair or poor?
12% excellent
25% pretty good
37% Total POSITIVE
19% just fair
43% poor
62% Total NEGATIVE
1% Undecided/don't know/refused
And most encouraging, Michigander's understand the difference between fighting terrorism and respecting the rule of law with a solid 56% agreeing with Judge Taylor's decision.
Last week, Federal District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled that the eavesdropping activities of the NSA violate the Separation of Powers doctrine, the First and Fourth Amendments to U. S. Constitution dealing with free speech and unwarranted searches and seizures, as well as other Federal statutes. Based on what you know, or may have heard or read about the case, do you Agree or Disagree with the ruling of the Federal Court that the wiretapping activities of the National Security Agency are illegal? [If AGREE/DISAGREE ask ... Would that be Very Much or Somewhat?]
46% very much agree
10% somewhat agree
56% Total AGREE
9% somewhat disagree
33% very much disagree
42% Total DISAGREE
2% Undecided/don't know/refused