Re: Most get "bluer" - Tennessee gets "redder"

[Boston Blackie]

On 2008-11-13 10:11:09 -0600, Doug Smith <j...@somewhere.invalid> said:

> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:41:20 -0600, David Moffitt wrote:
>> The Nashville Scene said the reason Obama lost Tennessee was because he
>> wouldn't campaign here. His refusal caused many to vote straight
>> Republican giving them the State House and Senate. The first time since
>> the Union control of the state after the Civil War.
>
> Obama didn't campaign here because (rightly or wrongly) the Democratic
> Party felt he stood no chance of winning Tennessee and they needed the
> resources in states (NC, VA, IN, OH, PA...) where there was a chance of
> winning.
>
> The difference between a straight GOP ticket and voting for Obama at the
> top and Republicans on the rest of the ticket wouldn't have changed
> control of the state legislature.
>
> The failure to enthuse enough state Democrats to come out and vote at all
> -- and planting the bizarre fear that an Obama victory would replace our
> churches with mosques -- could well have resulted in what happened.

Full disclosure here, I moved my voter registration to Florida, because
I wanted to vote in a swing state.
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