Michigan Chair Calls McCain Pullout "Tough Blow"

A fundraising solicitation from Michigan Republican Party chairman Saul Anuzis won't "sugar coat it." The McCain campaign's decision to withdraw from Michigan "leaves a tremendous hole in our ground campaign," he writes.

I am writing to ask for your URGENT assistance by making an immediate contribution of $25, $50, $100 or more. I am sure you've heard the news by now that the McCain Campaign decided to pull out of Michigan.

This move leaves a tremendous hole in our ground campaign that we must now fill. That's why I need you to make an online contribution to the Michigan Republican Party so we can fully fund our Absentee Voter and Get Out The Vote programs that our Republican candidates are counting on.                                                                                                                                      

With just 31 days left, we have a lot of work to do. That's why I need you to make your contribution of $25, $50, $100, or more today.  Your generous contribution will be put immediately to use, funding Absentee Voter and Get Out The Vote programs so vital to victory.

I won't sugar coat it; the McCain Campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan is a tough blow.  But we cannot let it deter us.  Our priorities  have not changed. We must keep Chief Justice Cliff Taylor on the Supreme Court, reelect Congressmen Tim Walberg and Joe Knollenberg and our entire Congressional Delegation, protect our state House Republicans, and help Jack Hoogendyk in his battle against Carl Levin.