From realclearpolitics.com

[Dave Reynolds]

The latest numbers for Michigan governor.

Michigan Governor Race: Dick DeVos (R) vs. Jennifer Granholm (D)*
Poll Date Sample DeVos (R) Granholm (D)* Spread
RCP Average 10/22 - 10/25 - 42.8% 51.0% Granholm +8.2%
Detroit News 10/22 - 10/25 600 LV 43% 48% Granholm +5%
Research 2000 10/23 - 10/24 600 LV 40% 50% Granholm +10%
SurveyUSA 10/22 - 10/24 803 LV 45% 52% Granholm +7%
Rasmussen 10/22 - 10/22 500 LV 43% 54% Granholm +11%

[noonwitch]

1. Good news, it appears.

I still think it's going to be close, like last time. It's going to depend a lot on Detroit getting out the vote. I hope that Detroiters continue to vote in the numbers that they did in 2000, 2002 and 2004.

[1gobluedem]

2. Detroit is crucial

I hope Prop 2 drives them to the polls in record numbers. That article about Jennifer Gratz in the Free Press yesterday made my stomach turn. She was recruited by some repulsive right wing group, whose name escapes me at the moment, to sue the University of Michigan -- fact that was left out of the article. As a letter writer so aptly pointed out this morning; Gratz had a 25 on the ACT, very average and well below the average score for UM students.