Michigan's new status

The Detroit Free Press laments Michigan's new and seemingly less important status as a blue state.  The publication comments that that Michigan's votes have previously been a valuable and much-sought-after prize, but not so this election ever since McCain's pull from the state on October 2.  Could resentment be building for Obama in the last days of the election?  Not likely.  Entities like newspapers and opinion leaders surely notice the difference, and probably many voters as well, but the trend is a direct result of voters' views so the backlash against Obama should be minimal.