Dont say that too loud Mehlman might lose his job. The Republicans have their 72 hour machine that they utilize to turn out the vote. It's what enabled Bush to generate a huge increase in voter turnout in 2004. It is a database fool. It's not party bosses giving walking orders.
Republicans use it to focus direct mail, telephone calls, and personal contacts on those most likely to vote Republican regardless of whether they live in typically Democrat areas. It consists of focused direct mail based upon magazine subscriptions (i.e., people in Michigan who subscribe to snowmobile magazines are targeted with messages about how the Dem wants to restrict snowmobile usage). This is done no matter whether the recipient lives in the bluest of blue cities within a blue state. By targeting likely Republican voters in blue areas they can increase statewide Republican vote needed to put the senatorial candidates over the top. Dems cant do this. They lag well behind in developing the database. So they devote their efforts to getting out the vote in traditional Dem areas (inner cities and strong labor areas).
Yeah, I have seen their stuff. Their mailouts arrive Wednesday after Tuesday polling.
Don't forget our biggest database. Guns!
Absolutely right. It works, pure and simple. It is incredibly effective.