Reply #22: What's The Fixation About The South? [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

Not that Democrats shouldn't compete or try to make inroads into an area the GOOP has heavily targeted over the past 30 years, but last week showed us that the South isn't or shouldn't be the axis of where our campaigns are fought.

Democrats now dominate the most populated states with the exception of Texas and Florida (and Florida WILL be competitive in 2008). Whomever the Democratic candidate is going into 2008, he/she stands to win the electoral votes of NY, Cal, Ill, MI and PA. Add to that the strong wave that hit Ohio and the big inroads in the Rocky Mountain West and Great Plains and there's already the 270 plus to win.

Last week's results showed the political power had shifted away from the South. If anything, the Repugnicans face a big problem as the Libertarian wing in starting to revolt and the Southern strategy is proving to be the undoing of the big tent as too much focus was paid to those areas and not to helping the party grow in other areas.