At stake are two political traditions: the old, working-class machinepolitics personified by Mr Martinez, and a middle-class reformist trend represented by Dade County's mayor, Alex Penelas.
Michigan the home of the United Auto Workers and machine politics seems an odd place not just for Ms Granholm, but also for her message, a sort of new-age, policy-wonkish pragmatism.
" Though the Times backs most of Corzine's positions on the issues, it condemned him for financing his campaign "in a way that recalled the abuses of old-time machinepolitics.