States like Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana are not even on his radar screen.
I think you are so far off base you have missed what may be the cornerstone of impending Democratic strategy. My guess is that they are going to flood the Midwest (the rust belt) with enormous dollars starting with the auto bail out. My guess they are looking to flip the states you named well within the Democratic sphere. My guess is they will also be coming after Kentucky and Missouri employing exactly the same strategy of rebuilding legacy industries.
It would be disastrous for the Republicans or conservatives to oppose these initiatives.
I guess that is why the kicked Dingll, a Michigan Rep and Automotive advocate, out as House energy and commerce committee chairman and replaced him with Waxman, a left coast ultra environmental wacko, who hates the auto industry. Michigan is likely to have an unemployment rate approaching 25% in two years.