If that is the case, it shows that events of the last two weeks have definitely put Obama in a much stronger position, as economic troubles have seemingly been like a hanging curveball for the Democrats.

I think I wrote a few weeks back that the candidate who wins two of three from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan should win the White House. I may have even gone so far as to say the candidate who wins Michigan will win in November.

The reports are that McCain has cancelled a visit to Michigan that was scheduled next week and is pulling out staffers and cancelling political ads.

Supposedly the national Republican Party is cutting back on their ads in Michigan as well.

McCain had stayed fairly close in Michigan in the polls until the last few weeks. He had been doing well there in the wake of the GOP convention. The word was that his choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate had energized voters, especially in southwestern Michigan.

But with just over four weeks to go until Election Day, each side must make some fairly brutal decisions about where to send resources and spend ad dollars.

Longshots might be great at the race track, but they often don't come through in the "Win" column for you in a Presidential election.

If Michigan goes to the Obama column, then McCain must win Ohio and Florida and must turn over some other states where Obama leads.

But as my politically astute sister noted in an email to me, four weeks is a *long* time. And how right is that.

In the last four weeks, we have seen Obama go from a solid lead to a neck and neck race with McCain and back to a solid lead for the Democrats.

You never know if we could have another four weeks full of swings like that still to come.

Stay tuned.