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The Rep. strategy of courting certain areas and not others (IMO) is, in this election, not what I would believe to be a winning strategy.

Whatever dude. If you think it (appealing to the mythical "average American") is solely a republican strategy then Joe I'm-from-Scranton Biden has a bridge to sell you.

Well, that of course is true, and that sort of relates to what Ginger said (liars, cheats, and thieves). Naturally the Dems will lie through their teeth about being from a small town (Hillary anyone?). But the Repubs. are using it more readily. And with all the concern over the economy, jobs, home-ownership in particular, IMO the urban and suburban areas of America are now more important than ever, and I feel the Rep. campaign has been dropping the ball in appealing to those areas. The Dems. can and will lie about it, but they largely don't have to worry about areas that contain a majority of our population and the sectors that contain much of the aforementioned variables.

Plus, you need only to look at the votes of 2004 to see how those urban areas voted (U. Michigan)



Yes, no, maybe? I'm just trying to put a perspective on the whole election to this point. I'm more disappointed in how the Repub. campaign has turned out than anything.

EDIT: Ginger, yes I see that is what they are doing, but will that win them this election? I think not. To quote an overused phrase, "It's not what America needs right now". I mean, Obama is leading right now, due in no small part to his campaign strategy in my opinion.