Oh, puh-leeze! I can think of things to get exercised about, but “maverick” ain’t one of ‘em.

that is a good call… you are most likely correct.

The Macomb County situation was more than that. Several weeks ago, the GOP chair of Macomb County, announced that they would be using foreclosure lists to ‘challenge’; whether or not a resident would be able to vote. Because the Republicans were not going to bother with allowing the person to prove they were still living in the house, even though it had been foreclosed on. The Chair was doing this under the radar, they thought, and a reporter at the courthouse discovered and reported, what she learned, immediately. When a home is foreclosed on, the person usually gets a certain number of months to get out…My 79 yr old Aunt was given 6 months, after they foreclosed oh her for an equity loan taken out on her fully paid-for house, to pay for medical bills for her daughter. Her daughter passed away, BTW 3 weeks ago, 3 weeks after my Aunt was forced to move out of her home. The Chair of the Republican Party had hoped to be able to deny voters on he day of election, without due process, which is allowed in Michigan thru a loop-hole, but becasue they were not using a document that was deemed a legal ‘final say’, and the wording specifically stated ‘those that were foreclosed on’, as opposed to ‘those that cannot prove they are still living in the house’, or something similar—-AND because a Challenge at the polls, would effectively deny someone who COULD have been able to vote, the opportunity to vote ON THE DAY OF the election, the GOP would have been able to prevent those they assumed would vote for the Dem. ticket, the right to vote. Because it was ASSUMED that these foreclosures were “being done to minorities, who had no business buying a home they could not afford”, I decided to look up the demographics. I live in Michigan, and my brother lives in theDetroit Area, and the last I knew, Macomb County had mostly white people living in it—-and my curiosity was peaked. Macomb County, when one looks up the demographics, was around 92%, Causcasion and 2% African-American. The median income was above $100K, well above the median for all of America. So I had to ask myself, why were they using Macomb County as the litmus test, forchallenging voters the right to vote with a foreclosure LIST—-as opposed to a list of foreclosures that had been finalized with the tenant moved out, and the house on the market. About the same time, I learned that Rove was advising McCain….. Ohio has more foreclosures than just about anywhere in the country. It is so bad there, that City’s are suing the lenders of the ARM loans! So MY thinking was that I should think like Rove! And IF, Macomb County had been able to get away with the ‘challenge’, then it would open the door for the GOP to deny voters in Ohio, the right to vote, if they too, were in foreclosure, using Macomb County as the ‘precedent’ . Fortunately, the Governor of MI., and many others, fought back, and would not allow the Chair of the GOP in Macomb County to challenge votes using a foreclosure list….. In the town I live in, historically solid Republican, there is more support and money, and volunteers for Obama than there EVER has been for a Democrat candiddate. Back in 2004, I interviewed people who were waiting to hear and see John Edwards. There were many who told me then, that for the 2004 election, it would be the first time in their lives that they would vote the Democrat ticket. They had hoped to get rid of Bush, as our economy was in the toilet, and Bush was so mad at Granholm for beating DeVos, that he put his blinders on to the plight of Michigan, and essentially ignored us. So now the Obama fever is stonger than the Kerry fever was in 2004! I drive down the streets and do not even SEE a McCain sign on the front lawns. Of course, the demographics here, include Colleges and Universities—which has been shown where the Obama support is very strong.