Those appear to mostly be states that are either battlegrounds or solid red. It's not a very honest sampling.
Yet we should use these deep red states to determine who the Democratic nominee should be.
Oh yeah but the blue states will vote blue no matter what! I forgot!
Who cares what the Democratic voters of the blue states want!
Obama has won such states as Utah and Idaho by wide margins! Thank goodness we have a candidate willing to employ a 50 state strategy!
Guaranteed, Obama, should he be the nominee, will not step foot in most of the states that will have ultimately handed him the nomination.
Who cares what a majority of Democrats want?
I count now that I live in CA, and should just have... what, been a Repug while living in Utah?
Charming.
California's voted Republican in my lifetime, and Texas has voted Democratic. If you think that the status quo is anything like fixed, you're delusional.
Funny, I used to think that Utah would vote Democratic before Idaho. After Larry Craig, I'm not so sure, may see it this cycle.
"Tap dancing towards Democracy"
Quite the guarantee you have made. I guess using the word guarantee automatically makes you right.
"Yet we should use these deep red states to determine who the Democratic nominee should be."
Last time I checked, we claimed to be a national party. If you want to tell Democrats in Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, etc., that they shouldn't have a say in choosing the party's presidential nominee, go right ahead.
You want to add them to the Democrats in Florida and Michigan?
Apples and oranges. Those states didn't ignore the DNC's explicit instructions.
You have no idea how the 50 state strategy works, do you?
We'll see.
If the Democratic Party's nominee goes to Utah, Idaho, Wyoming (just naming a few states that come to mind) during the general election campaign, I'll eat my hat.
