Economy Is Hurting As McCain Concedes Michigan

It could be the gas prices, it could be the loss of jobs, but according to the Associated Press, Sarah Palin admits: "The economy is hurting." Governor Palin also questioned McCain's concession of Michigan due to the financial strain on the McCain/Palin campaign.

Sarah Palin questioned Republican presidential candidate John McCain's decision to abandon efforts to win Michigan, a campaign move she only learned about Friday morning when she read it in the newspapers.

In an interview with Fox News Channel Friday, the Alaska governor said she was disappointed that the McCain campaign decided to stop competing in Michigan. In an indication that the vice presidential candidate had not been part of the decision, she said she had "read that this morning and I fired off a quick e-mail" questioning the move.

"Todd and I, we'd be happy to get to Michigan and walk through those plants of the car manufacturers," Palin said, referring to her husband. "We'd be so happy to get to speak to the people in Michigan who are hurting because the economy is hurting."

McCain has decided to pull out of Michigan and focus his campaign on other states at this time of his campaign.

Word of the McCain campaign's decision to move staff out of Michigan and stop advertising in the state broke around midday Thursday — the same day as Palin's vice presidential debate against Democrat Joe Biden. The campaign had decided Wednesday night that the $1 million a week it was spending in Michigan wasn't worth it with internal polls showing Democratic nominee Barack Obama approaching a double-digit lead.

The cost of advertising in these states must be putting a strain on his campaign.