Mitt creates 'Arab-Americans for Romney' - is MI a tossup now?

[Indy Texas]

http://www.mittromney.com/news/press/2012/10/romney-president-announces-arab-americans-romney

I can't think of any way Romney could benefit from this other than peeling off a few thousand votes in Michigan, which suggests he means business there. Everywhere else, Arab-Americans are too widely dispersed to have any significant impact on a national election. The fact that this demographic runs the gamut from 4th+ generation Lebanese Catholics who vote like other white ethnics to recently arrived Muslims who are solidly Democratic means they basically cancel each others' votes out.

[Indy Texas]

Obviously not a huge thing. Romney won't be winning Arabs.

What makes you think that?

One of my uncles on the Lebanese/Palestinian side of my family basically sums up all of the ground Republicans have lost with that demographic over the past decade. He's a very successful business owner, goes to church on Sundays and Wednesday evenings, the sort of person you'd think would be a lock for Republicans (and once was). He was very strongly for Bush in 2000, went to a bunch of fundraisers for him, maxed out his FEC contributions, got invited to play golf with him and some other Texas GOP people. Voted for Bush again in 2004 but with little enthusiasm. I honestly don't know who he voted for in '08 but he has been very pro-Obama this year, posting stuff on FB, emailing people, etc.