Democrats Down...Clinton Rally Falls Flat

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sunday, November 5, 2006

Contact: David All or Jennifer Morris at (248) 566-1125

TURNOUT FOR CLINTON, STABENOW RALLY LOWEST IN COUNTRY

Indicative of Low Voter Intensity, Lack of Grassroots Effort in Michigan

Oakland Co, MI – On Saturday, Bill Clinton attended a sparsely attended rally to point fingers at President Bush for Michigan’s single-state recession and called for an increase of taxes on more than 3.5 million Michigan families. Senator Debbie Stabenow and the Governor hosted the event and were responsible for turning out supporters.

Neither Clinton nor Stabenow highlighted the affect that Clinton’s own North American Free Trade Agreement or Stabenow’s efforts to encourage trial lawyers and environmental extremists to sue the Big Three in to submission has had on Michigan’s dire economy.

The Detroit Free Press reported yesterday that barely 300 supporters attended the free event at Wayne State University in Detroit, for a venue which holds 2,000. This is the lowest attended event for the former President and clearly indicates a lack of grassroots effort by Stabenow, the Governor, and the Michigan Democratic Party.

“Senator Stabenow’s strategy to duck-and-cover and sit on her hands until after the Election are a familiar work ethic for a Senator who has passed only one bill in the past decade. If she had this much trouble filling a room for a former President, she’s going to have a really hard time filling the ballot box on Tuesday,” said David All, Bouchard campaign spokesperson. “On the other hand, with one of the strongest get-out-the-vote efforts in the country, Mike Bouchard is working hard to ensure that every voter has heard his message of results for a change.”

MICHIGAN EVENT LOWEST TURNOUT FOR CLINTON’S TAX-AND-SPEND SWEEP

·  On Thursday, more than 5,000 Democrats converged at Arizona State University to hear Clinton. LINK

·  On Friday, over 4,500 Democrats gathered in Milwaukee, WI to support Gov. Jim Doyle. LINK

·  On Saturday, Clinton even rallied nearly 600 people for a state legislator in Florida. LINK

·  Last month, Rhode Island Democrats were able get 1,200 people to attend a fundraising dinner. LINK

·  Last week 1,000 Democrats turned out to support a rally for a Congressional candidate. LINK

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Link: http://mikeformichigan.com/2/?p=402

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