I suppose there’s more than one reason to say “Go Blue!” I seriously doubt Michigan will vote Bush, apart from the obvious reason that the state is trending Democrat: 1) Polls I’ve seen suggest that the second choice of an awful lot of Nader voters is Bush, to the point where his presence in the race this year may be more of a wash than people realize; 2) Four years ago, conservatives pushing a school-choice initiative in Michigan got their clocks cleaned; maybe the gay-marriage proposal will actually pass, but even if it does I’m far from convinced that conservative ballot measures in Michigan actually boost conservative turnout; 3) Several years ago, the auto unions negotiated Election Day as a paid holiday. Gore benefitted from this and so will Kerry.