States of the Union: Michigan

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Michigan has more electoral votes than Iowa and New Hampshire combined, but its upcoming January 15th primary has not gotten a lot of attention yet…and most of the Democratic candidates’ names won’t even appear on the ballot. We look into how the state has dealt with a faltering economy, a shrinking auto industry and job outsourcing. Chris Christoff Lansing Bureau chief for The Detroit Free Press.

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