Palin On Michigan Pullout: "I Want To Try"

By: Scott Conroy
Topics: Sarah Palin

(CBS)

From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

(DALLAS) Sarah Palin's favorite movies are "Hoosiers" and "Rudy", and just like the underdog protagonists in those sports classics, she doesn't want to give up.

Palin told Fox News' Carl Cameron that she disagreed with the McCain campaign's decision to pull its advertising and staffers out of Michigan, effectively ceding the state to Barack Obama.

"I fired off a quick email and said, 'Oh, come on. You know, do we have to? Do we have to call it there?'" Palin said.

Palin said the move to pull out of the state that was narrowly won by Democrats in the last four presidential elections was no surprise, given the Republican ticket's lagging poll numbers there. But until very recently, Michigan had been one of the McCain campaign's prime blue-state targets. Palin's disappointment in the decision to give up on winning there was palpable.

"Todd and I, we'd be happy to get to Michigan and walk through those plants of the car manufacturers," Palin said. "We'd be so happy to get to speak with the people there in Michigan who are hurtin' because the economy is hurtin'."

Palin said that she and her husband could relate to people in the state where the economy has been struggling even longer and more severely than it has in the country as a whole.

"I want to get back to Michigan and I want to try," Palin said.

Scott Conroy
Scott Conroy is a National Political Reporter for RealClearPolitics and a contributor for CBS News.
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by Lindag10 September 15, 2011 4:55 PM EDT: Where on Earth did this article come from, the Twilight Zone? It's dated 2008. LMAO; Reply to this comment


by marisadane September 14, 2011 10:39 PM EDT: If I have to hear the name Palin again, i'm going to puke.; Reply to this comment


by rogaedafcl October 6, 2008 12:49 AM EDT: Gov Palin should push the Mc Cain energy alternative strategies that will bring change to auto transport vehicles of the future that will expand the blue and white collar forces of the auto industry in michigan.....Go Sarah and turn those voters into red collars!!!!!; Reply to this comment


by jswilliams451 October 4, 2008 5:15 PM EDT: This is just a political ruse. Its just not going to happen. Here is the real deal:

http://www.rightsided.org/index.php/2008/10/will-mccain-pull-out-of-michigan-really/

Just the latest in a series of stunts by a McCain campaign desperate and out of ideas.; Reply to this comment


by mcwalker5 October 4, 2008 2:39 AM EDT: Fuzzy John, you are so wrong. Anyone who can take on corrupt politicians of both parties and win is no lightweight. Why does she have an 85% approval rating in Alaska? Get real. Nobody is "faking" their opinion anymore on Sarah. Some were misled and believed the lies and hype about her put out by the liberal media but they have all changed their tune now. Arlen Spector himself is not one of those true conservatives you speak of so I would not expect anything positive said about her coming from him. The Democrats gave us the Community Reinvestment Act with Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton put it on steroids and handed us the financial disaster we are now in and you are voting for a Democrat for the first time? You are actually voting for a man with radical friends and ties to domestic terrorists? A man who said in his book he would side with the Muslims? I think you need you need to get a grip on reality.; Reply to this comment


by wilytrax October 4, 2008 1:33 AM EDT: Sarah and Todd are obviously people who don''t pull out.

http://www.wilytrax.com; Reply to this comment


by mcwalker5 October 4, 2008 12:53 AM EDT: Sarah Palin is no lightweight. She had Biden and Gwen Ifill both stuttering last night. If you can''t see that, Fuzzy John, no wonder your state is at rock bottom.; Reply to this comment


by scout841 October 4, 2008 12:15 AM EDT: Scout841 to McCain campaign:

Let Sarah and Todd accept Chuck Yob''s invitation to visit Macomb County, Northern Michigan, the Upper Peninsula, and Grand Rapid right away.

America deserves the best, Michigan deserves the best and it''s up to you to deliver.; Reply to this comment


by mcwalker5 October 4, 2008 12:09 AM EDT: I love this woman...she is so refreshing and doesn''t want to give up. I don''t undestand why Michigan keeps electing Democratic governors when the state is in so much trouble economically. I respectfully ask, What is the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. I know there are a lot of good people there but a majority are just "not getting it" when it comes to wise decisions in politics. In Mississippi, we have a wonderful Republican governor who knows how to attract new jobs and move the economy forward. We are doing well here even with Hurricane Katrina. You folks need to reconsider the road you''ve been on and take a different path.; Reply to this comment


by newslink October 3, 2008 9:53 PM EDT: Palin just don''t get it. Do she really think that we want her here in Michigan? Thanks but No thanks.We will show you and MCcain at the Polls.; Reply to this comment