Have you guys seen the data base Newt is compiling? When I sign on, it shows others in my area and provides the ability to contact them. Go put in your name and zip code and see what you think.
I don’t know if his idea (city level politics applied on the national level) can be scaled up to the entire nation. However, considering that only about 10 states may be really in play it may be adopted for cities and counties where turnout counts.
I assume Hillary’s plan is “2004 + Ohio (+ whatever else can change color) = win”, we can probably hope for “2004 + Pennsylvania (+ whatever else can change color)”. So it should be relatively easy to map out where the turnout effort is most cost-effective. I think there is special software that Rove and Michael Barone and few strategists use for something like that. If not, then some kind of Google mashup could be used to map out, communicate and “paint” sections in real time. The rest is funding, organization and execution, i.e. right people in the right places - everything that was missing big time in 2006.
Boss Newt?
Thanks for the tip!