Republican officials with knowledge of the strategy said the GOP candidate is shifting resources to other states. Democrat John Kerry won here in 2004, but McCain had tried to make it a target to switch parties this year amid economic problems in the state.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_el_pr/obama

Well that's where Romney would have come in handy. But the Alaska vote is going to have much more weight than Michigan. Wait, no it's not.  Nice choice fellas!