Obama Campaign Borrows From Bush ‘04 Playbook

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I'm seriously hoping he is dumb enough to do this.

It's not going to hurt him. Social conservatives overestimate their support. But yes, the economy is much more important so likely people will ignore these issues.

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I disagree that wealthy suburbanites don't care at all about social issues or the far right rhetoric that comes from the Republican party about issues other than the economy. Maybe not the Milwaukee suburbs, or the suburbs of Nashville or Atlanta, but it does matter in NOVA, Philly and Denver. But like I said, they will probably just end up voting on the economy anyways, but they will have concerns about Republicans in the back of their mind. If Republicans win in 2012, they would be wise to keep that in the back of their mind as well.

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I disagree that wealthy suburbanites don't care at all about social issues or the far right rhetoric that comes from the Republican party about issues other than the economy. Maybe not the Milwaukee suburbs, or the suburbs of Nashville or Atlanta, but it does matter in NOVA, Philly and Denver. But like I said, they will probably just end up voting on the economy anyways, but they will have concerns about Republicans in the back of their mind. If Republicans win in 2012, they would be wise to keep that in the back of their mind as well.

Your wrong about Denver! Douglas county really couldn't care much about social issues. West Arapahoe and Adams counties and the southern part of Weld far suburbs and exurbs are actually more socially conservative than socially liberal because of them being so close to the ranches. Its only in the very close suburbs of Denver and the Northwest suburbs do the people actually care about social issues and are socially liberal. Most people don't understand what has been happening in Colorado at the state level. The 2 sides of the GOP in Colorado hate each others guts so their disunity has all but destroyed themselves in statewide elections. That isn't what happens in national elections though because the nomination process doesn't have to be born out of just Colorado.

You must mean East Arapahoe? Anyways, Jefferson County determines who wins Colorado. They might vote GOP in 2012, but good luck winning them again after you guys push your ridiculous social conservative agenda.

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Well, yeah, east Arapahoe is of course all ranches and nobody lives there and thus is irrelevant. Amongst the areas where people actually live, only the southeastern part is near ranches. Extreme western Arapahoe is smack dab in the middle of an urban area.

As for the GOP primaries, most of them are pretty far to the right on social issues. Bachmann being the most out there, yeah. Romney will win the state, no doubt, but I'm not sure about Perry or Cain. Christie would win it too, of course.