Jim Messina - Obama For America: Paths to 270 Electoral Votes

[Tx4obama]

Jim Messina: "People have speculated this is a billion dollar campaign, that's bullshit..."
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Campaign Manager Jim Messina shares the different ways we can get the 270 electoral votes needed to re-elect President Obama in 2012.

There are over forty ways to get to 270 electoral votes. In this video, Jim focuses on five paths using the states that John Kerry won in 2004 as a baseline:

1) West Path
2) Florida Path
3) South Path
4) Midwest Path
5) Expansion Path

When 2011 is over, the campaign will be making critical decisions about resources and strategy in 2012.

[Surya Gayatri]

1. Thanks for posting this, Tx...

Sounds like Messina's got game on the ground. Very encouraging analysis.
SG

[SoCalDem]

2. The "cheapest" path would be:

[MarianJack]

3. The President will win with...

...a total nearing 400 Electoral Votes.

As the campaign goes on and the teabaggers are shown as the loons they are (in a Presidential campaign when the public is actually paying atention), Obama will pull away.

PEACE!

[JDPriestly]

5. And Mitt Romney's Marie Antoinette moment will backfire in a big way

when his tax records are published -- as I expect they will be.

Romney will not be able to run without releasing his tax statements. He is hiding something there -- possibly something as trivial as the kinds of donations he makes, possibly something as important as tax shelters or tax advantages gained from offshoring either profits or jobs.

[anon-y-moose]

4. We the people. WE got it all figured out . WE are on your side!

Indians ! We are in trouble Tonto.
"What do you mean.... "WE"... white man ! "