AS MICHIGAN GOES – AT 1:40 P.M. ET:   As the day goes on, we're seeing more and more reports of Dems sweating the election, as "safe" Democratic states are suddenly back in play.  Consider Michigan.  From The Hill: 

Democrats are growing nervous that the solidly blue state of Michigan could slip from Hillary Clinton’s grasp.

“Beds are damp,” said Van Jones, former “green jobs” adviser to President Obama, on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.

“There is a crack in the blue wall, and it has to do with trade,” Jones said. “This is the ghost of [Sen.] Bernie Sanders [I-Vt.].”

Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, and President Obama will both be in Michigan on Monday, a sign that suggests they see a tight race. Clinton will be in Grand Rapids, while the president will visit Ann Arbor. The Clinton team has also launched a late statewide TV ad blitz, according to the Detroit News.

No Republican has won Michigan since 1988, but Republican nominee Donald Trump's anti-trade message is resonating throughout the state. And Democrats are worried about a drop in black voter turnout that could be the difference between defeat and victory.

Clinton lost the presidential primary in Michigan to Sanders in an upset. Though Michigan has a large African-American population, the Sanders message on trade and economics was strong enough to defeat Clinton in the state.

A loss in Michigan would be devastating to Clinton. While she will head into Election Day as the favorite, a defeat in Michigan would offset a Trump loss somewhere else, and could also bode well for the Republican in Ohio, Pennsylvania or even Wisconsin — all states that he has been focused on.

COMMENT:  We try to avoid predictions here, but we've seen political revolts before, some resulting in good change, others not.  It was a political revolt that gave the GOP nomination to Donald Trump in the first place.  Whether that's good or bad is your choice.  And a political revolt by the Sanders contingent sent a real scare through the Clinton faction during the spring.

Will we see another revolt in two days? 

November 6, 2016