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Michiganders come out in droves of fives and tens to support President Clinton and Debbie Stabenow

By Jeff Emanuel Posted in 2006 — Comments (2) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

The Detroit Free Press seems to think so.

The DFP gave the Clinton-Stabenow-Granholm rally, which mustered perhaps 500 supporters (at a 2,000-person venue) nothing if not favorable coverage.

One detail which did not appear to get covered by the DFP was the fact that this was the smallest audience of the election season at a Clinton-hosted rally.

The total lack of a grassroots turnout effort for President Clinton's appearance raises an interesting question: If Debbie Stabenow finds it this difficult to fill a venue for an appearance on her behalf by a former President -- and her Party's current Rock Star -- then how much trouble is she going to have legitimately filling the ballot box on Tuesday?

At the rally, Debbie Stabenow, running to keep her Senate seat against GOP challenger Mike Bouchard, said, "There are 72 hours before we decide who we are in Michigan; 72 hours for us to change direction."

We couldn't have said it better ourselves. Unless she plans to govern in a manner completely different from that in which she has governed in the past, "change" does not mean that Debbie Stabenow gets to stay in the Senate. "Change" means that she goes home.

[UPDATE] Here's a brief video clip from the rally. Sure looks (and sounds) packed, doesn't it?