35% - Right Direction

58% - Wrong Direction

Direction (Michigan)

17% - Right Direction

75% - Wrong Direction

Democrat Primary:

33% - John Cherry

5% - Alma Wheeler Smith

3% - George Perles (Yes, that Perles)

3% - Don Williamson

2% - John Freeman

54% - Undecided

Republican Primary:

29% - Pete Hoekstra

28% - Mike Cox

14% - Mike Bouchard

3% - Rick Snyder

2% - Tom George

24% Undecided.

Positive/Negative Obama

48% - Positive

51% - Negative

Positive/Negative Granholm

33% - Positive

66% - Negative

Matchups:

45% Cox

30% Cherry

25% Undecided

40% Hoekstra

33% Cherry

27% Undecided

39% Bouchard

31% Cherry

30% Undecided

34% Cherry

32% Snyder

34% Undecided

Once again. This is a democrat leaning polling firm. This isn't Strategic Vision. This isn't even Mitchell. From this firm, Cox leads by 15, and the rest have leads of at least 7 outside of Rick Snyder. The results are good if you are not a democrat or Rick Snyder. The problem with Cherry is that he's Michigan's version of Al Gore in a bad economy. After eight years of an administration, there's usually fatigue. Reagan was the exception, and the VP Bush won in 1988. Gore had a good economy, and he still couldn't win because he turned into a gun grabber when he went national. Dick Cheney didn't run in 2008, but probably would have done no different than McCain.

Posthumus could have won with a little more help as the 12% expected loss turned into 4%. Still wasn't a win. Engler broke the 8 year jinx with a third term however. Milliken's first choice lost in the primary after 12 years. Blanchard himself lost when he wanted a 3rd term. After 8 years, usually it's trouble.