tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post313911134387294513..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: The real question is: "How can Democrats win in red states?"Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-4688755472600777172014-03-24T20:57:33.563-05:002014-03-24T20:57:33.563-05:00Milt Shook went off on Kos's essay as well: ht...Milt Shook went off on Kos's essay as well: http://pleasecutthecrap.com/is-kos-insane-apparently-so/doug rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-47417511930079202772014-03-21T12:03:47.115-05:002014-03-21T12:03:47.115-05:00THIS!!!! "The real game is not in any single ...THIS!!!! "The real game is not in any single Representative, it is won by winning the people who elect them."<br /><br />That's exactly why simply attacking those representatives for being too conservative is such a bad idea.<br /><br />I really like your suggestions!Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-19483263631088729882014-03-21T11:56:43.671-05:002014-03-21T11:56:43.671-05:00The problem of course is, how do you change the po...The problem of course is, how do you change the populations of the Red States. The representatives are just that - We cannot change their representation without changing the ideology of the populations.<br /><br />The Repubs have a long term strategy here. All of radio is religious and conservative programming, the school textbooks are being changed, All television news in Kansas is now one company, and it's Conservative (Kansas First News), and all newspapers are being consolidated. <br /><br />The Governor just passed historic and unconstitutional cuts to public education at all levels, making the population suceptible to emotional and religion based appeals and misinformation about the role of government.<br /><br />The Board of Regents is trying to assert power over tenured faculty at the Universities. Dems do nothing here - though all the media is cheap, and they could purchase an entire radio station for the cost of a few advertisements in large markets, such as NYC. <br /><br />The number of Senators is the same in NY and Kansas. <br /><br />The real game is not in any single Representative, it is won by winning the people who elect them.snkscoyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862679903009056232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-77556791640563967042014-03-21T10:50:47.234-05:002014-03-21T10:50:47.234-05:00How about a district/state ground strategy where y...How about a district/state ground strategy where you seriously go after areas where the non white population is >or= 30% of the population? Start from there and work to get over 25% of the white voters. Obama's election has slammed the door on conservative appeals. Lose the focus groups and advisors that come up with that "reach across the table" pablum. For this to happen our southern state parties have to get serious about winning. The DNC is worthless and are bereft of any semblance of vision and competence. The people running red state parties need to be put out on their worthless asses if we're to see any progress before the year 2100.<br /><br />Vic78Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com