You can be sure the college towns in Michigan are trying to register students in THIS state. We have fact/myth sheets that debunk the malicious and false rumors that you lose health insurance or student loans if you change your voter registration location, and we're trying to convince students who are already registered in safe states to register here.

This week is "Welcome Week" at MSU (East Lansing - next door to Michigan's capital) and we're working all the student events extremely hard doing voter reg. There are 7,000 incoming freshmen on this campus, ripe for the picking. Furthermore, we want to show a strong presence, show that the Obama campaign is everywhere, and joining is easy, as opposed to the McCain campaign which has little presence yet. Captains are assigned to each dorm complex, to each apartment building, and they gather their own forces and work their areas.

In a couple hours, I'll be in front of the student bookstore, trying to get people who are in line for books to register. Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night, though, until the registration deadline, we're doing bar crawl registration on campus. Success rates triple or quadruple during these bar crawls; students are more willing to try something different like fill out a clipboard when they're intoxicated, and they're more inclined to get along with you if there's a drink in your hand as well.

Turnout in liberal places like East Lansing, Ann Arbor and Detroit proper are going to be absolutely vital to winning Michigan since a lot of the union democrats have left the state for lack of jobs. The Obama campaign knows the score in Michigan and they know what needs to be done to win the state.