I get tired of that defeatism. No wonder Republicans have a hard time winning national elections when they so willingly "spot" the Democrats a ton of electoral votes and not even try for them.
The reason this annoys me is that as a result of this pessimism, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. People in Massachusetts (and other states that people like you want to surrender to the Democrats) that would normally come out to vote for a Republican candidate stay home when they are told that their votes don't matter because the state is a lost cause anyway. Then the Democrat will win by 20-25 points, allowing people like you to smugly tell us "I told you so" and there is even less hope for the next election cycle.
I do not like this death spiral of negativity that we are in.
Had Ronald Reagan only campaigned in a handful of swing states during 1980 because the polls had him down nationally, I doubt very much he would have had the landslide he had. Maybe he would have still won but it would not have been the mandate that it was.
I do not believe in focusing a presidential campaign on just a handful of swing states and ignoring the rest of the country. That is a recipe for electoral failure in my opinion.
If the Republicans are going to start turning blue states red, they are going to have to make a play for them. Also, they cannot afford to take for granted states that are "safe." I was glad to see Donald Trump in Texas the other day. His strongest supporters deserve rallies and attention as well.
This is a national election. We are not just electing a president for Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania.
Well no...it's 50 state elections.
Sam, you and I are both in blue states—CT and DE.
We still fight the good fight here in DE every election cycle.
A Republican has not won a statewide Federal office here in over 20 years.
The overwhelmingly large north population of libs in the Wilmington area totally outweighs we conservatives in the south.
But we don’t give up.
And we certainly will not give up this year, when it is for all the marbles.
Nope...gotta correct you on that.In November 51 "local" elections (50 states and DC) will take place.In practical terms it would be stupid for the Former Twelfth Lady to think she can carry Texas and it would be just stupid for Trump to think he can carry California (or Massachusetts).New Hampshire just *might* be a different story.
You're looking at this like the Lions' coaches would...the correct way is to see it as Belichick would.
Too many “Debbie Downers” on FR.
Outstanding post, Sam !