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Isn’t “grassroots staff” a bit of an oxymoron?
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Very, very wise decision. Focus on this year, on holding the Senate, and building up some additional goodwill among vulnerable Democrats. If Democrats hold the Senate, it will make Obama’s final two years quite a bit easier and for every Democratic senator that survives, it’ll be that much easier to get a supermajority in '16.
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We have to get out the vote no matter what state or district we are in! We have to vote!!
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Interesting distribution.
So, by my count:
IA, NH, SC, NV --> The first four
AK, AR, CO, GA, KY, LA, MI, MN, NC --> Contentious Senate races
- Maine (Governorship? Shore up Dem/Ind coalition in a historic Republican state that doesn’t have a lot in common with the mood of the national Republican base? Also dual focus on NH?)
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Agree 100%. Win or lose, it should reap lots of goodwill among party activist Dems across the country, and also will give her a leg up on establishing her own statewide offices should she decide to run in '16.
Of course, this assumes she doesn’t bring in Mark Penn to supervise everything…
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I suspect that Hillary and Mark Penn are not on the best of terms after 2008.
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Will Hillary be deploying herself to these states to campaign for them? All of them? She should.
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Better late than never; but better still, never late.
I think she is. When she went to Iowa for the Tom Harkin Barbecue, she was all about the upcoming midterms.
See, that’s kind of the concern.
Its a great idea of they go to blend in, make contacts and work hard for the respective campaigns.
But it can also create a lot of tension and territorial behavior as well. It becomes a serious exercise in organizational management.