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AMERICAblog: Obama campaign is expanding the political map aiming to pick up more seats at all levels

  • liberaldemdave · 1 year ago
    Texas is closer to being in play than anyone outside the state realizes. The pendulum is swinging and swinging HARD LEFT.

    Noriega's neck-and-neck in the polls with John Cornyn in the Senate.

    In the race for Texas' 10th Congressional District, Mike McCaul (R-Clear Channel Media) won by about 15% in the last election. In the latest poll, his Democratic challenger (who has personal wealth to self-finance if necessary) is within the margin of error. THIS RACE is very telling. TX10 was DeLay's pet district when he gerrymandered the state. He made sure that it was redrawn to virtually make a Democratic run futile under almost any circumstance.
  • tlsintx · 1 year ago
    YAY!!!!!

    if Obama pays attention to Texas, I do believe it will pay off this time.
    We must get rid of Cornyn, for openers.
    we saw a bumper sticker yesterday...'Obamanos'

    yes we can.
  • HereinDC · 1 year ago
    All the more reason for ACT BLUE!
  • hopelesspedant · 1 year ago
    This is a great long-term project.

    Keep in mind that redistricting is two election cycles away - this won't be done until after the 2010 elections, since the census doesn't get released until late in the year. Thus, any gains this time around need to be sustained or built on in two years.
  • naschkatzehussein · 1 year ago
    BTW, Obama has answered Oregon Republican Senator Smith's claim that he has worked with Obama by saying that he supports Smith's rival Jeff Merkley. I like that fast response. I think Obama can take Texas too, tlsintx, and he will have coattails.
  • tlsintx · 1 year ago
    it's going to be so interesting here to see if the big money GOPers can buy their candidates one more time...McBullshit has been raking in the dough down here...

    but I know personally of several old time republicans who are as fed up as I am with everything bushco et al have done....
  • AdmNaismith · 1 year ago
    The only way to appeal to this many people is to become the lowest common denominator. I'm already pissed about his stupid comments about my marriage and CA in general. Is this how he plans to win over so many people?
  • Wisconsin Liberal · 1 year ago
    We have to think outside of the regular channels. People are fed up. We cannot afford to make mistakes, make every congressional seat competitive. The economy is in the tank and it is the republicans fault. AND when we win we have to govern wisely and not screw it up. If not we deserve not to have control again.
  • AdmNaismith · 1 year ago
    As far as I'm concerned, between marriage and FISA. He's already showing his true colors (as if all those 'present' votes wasn't enough).
  • SociologistTina · 1 year ago
    Great, thanks for the great news and great post, Joe!
  • jr · 1 year ago
    kudos to the Obama campaign for their RFK-esque energy in getting the people involved
  • rosebud · 1 year ago
    He's also building himself what will be a loyal congress.
    And if states like Texas and Georgia can be brought to down to just a few points lead for the GOP then in 2012 they will be seen as swing states and a greater chance for them to go blue!
  • BigTex · 1 year ago
    I'll second what liberaldemdave said above. As a Texan, I can't tell you how happy it makes me to hear national Democrats talking in real terms about building the party here in Texas. The demographic trends in this state are very favorable to Democrats in the long term down here - the Latino population is significant and the fastest growing demographic in the state, and young voters are more Democrat-friendly than in past generations.

    Spending a bunch of TV money down here probably wouldn't be cost-effective - the state has too many large, expensive media markets and the return wouldn't justify the cost - but Obama's approach is going to definitely pay off dividends in November. I'm hopeful that he'll come down to campaign here in the state, preferably with either Clinton and/or Richardson, and spend some time in the Rio Grande Valley along with Senate candidate Rick Noriega. Latinos tend to vote Democratic, but they're not monolithic and shouldn't be taken for granted.

    A lot is at stake here in Texas over the next few years. We have a real chance to gain Congressional seats and control of the Texas House this election cycle. And Rick Perry is up for re-election in 2010, and he's extremely vulnerable (if he doesn't lose during the primaries to Kay Bailey Hutchison). What we do in these next two elections will have a direct bearing on how redistricting goes after the 2010 census, which will have a significant bearing on our ability to hold onto Congress and grow our majority. Kudos to Obama and his people for recognizing this and acting to take advantage of the opportunity for building the party here in Texas.