i thought the same thing in 05. depends on who he runs against. i heard the 'not black enough' shit about freman, probably coming out of the kwame camp. kwame is good at playing his cards. he has no problem blaming the burbs, ala coleman young.

its impossible to underestimate the voting base of detroit, imo. the literacy rate in detroit is something like 60% (or was it worse). i hate to sound so anti-detroit, but its failed city. everyone in the world knows it. the solution isnt coming out of the 313, or MI. the fed is gonna have to bail it out, if its ever gonna get bailed out.

i will say this though: oil is high, gonna go down a bit in the short term, but the price is gonna go way up. the suburbs are gonna wilt and city centers everywhere are going to prosper again, when people realize driving 50 miles a day to work on gas that cost 4, 5, or 10 dollars a gallon isnt such a great idea.