And not just once. Northern VA is a HUGE part of your ability to turn VA blue - and after McCain/Palin came with their 23,000 crowd - we need you to come and blow that figure out of the water. We're moderates here - and we don't like evangelicals running the government.
Read more »Appease Florida Voters
Floridans who wanted to vote for Clinton are unhappy that there votes did not count. Being a swing state, it is important to appease those voters and assure them that their chance to vote (for Obama!) was not lost.
Read more »Campaign Surrogates
The 2008 Democratic National Convention was a beautiful moment for the Obama Campaign. I believe that it highlighted the position of Barack Obama very well, along with having numerous wonderful speeches aimed at unifying the party. The Clintons came through with their speeches, something which does not surprise me but which I was nonetheless slightly worried over.
Read more »Swing State Strategy: Winning the Rural Vote
As we saw in Pennsylvania during the primaries, winning the Rural Vote (which for a Democrat would mean 40% or more) is one of the single most important elements of a Swing State strategy.
The Obama Campaign has proven itself very good at boosting turn-out in friendly urban areas as well as winning over suburban voters, but winning the Rural Vote has proven to be a significant challenge.
Read more »Better Organization of Volunteers In NON-SWING States
I live in NYC - a non swing area of a non swing state. I don't like to volunteer because I'm usually handing out fliers to voters headed to the polls to vote democratic anyway. The few who are undecided or republican are not really "worth" the "time cost".
Read more »Diminish Florida's Role as a Swing State in the Media
It makes McCain look too good for him to be polling so well in a supposed swing state. This state has been steadily trending Republican since 2000 and its demographics are just AWFUL for Obama and should not be a tossup by any tactician. The public only really understands two states are 'swing' states: Ohio and Florida. Lieberman is a big reason why is was so close in 2000.
Read more »2-Minute Ads Reintroducing Obama in Competitive States on Jun. 5th
The Obama campaign should buy two-minute ads in every swing state to reintroduce Barack Obama to them. They should be similar to the ones that were aired in both Indiana and North Carolina. This will give the people of Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, and Texas an good opportunity to understand the contexts of this race.
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