OzOne wrote in message

how the hell did Bush win Michigan after all the company
closures and unemployment....did everyone move to another state?

I checked, and indeed Kerry took Michigan, as I thought.

As for job losses, I'm sure that whomever occupies the White House at the
time will be blamed, but I also doubt if Kerry could do anything about
stemming the flow of manufacturing and service jobs out of this country.
When workers in China and myriad other places can produce roughly the same
goods for $2 per hour, while the minimum wage in this country is above that,
not to mention that most manufacturing workers in the USA are paid well
above minimum wage, there is nothing anyone can do to stop the trend. I
don't have the answer, and neither did Kerry, despite his claim.

Max