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Scuba

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8. Kick ...
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 03:50 PM
Feb 2013

Forty-five years later, the GOP safely has Oklahoma, and Dixie, too. But Phillips's Sunbelt strategy was built for a different time, and a different America. Many have noted Mitt Romney's failure to collect a single vote in 91 precincts in New York City and 59 precincts in Philadelphia. More telling is his defeat in eleven more of the nation's 15 largest cities. Not just Chicago and Columbus, but also Indianapolis, San Diego, Houston, even Dallas—this last a reason the GOP fears that, within a generation Texas will become a swing state. Remove Texas from the vast, lightly populated Republican expanse west of the Mississippi, and the remaining 13 states yield fewer electoral votes than the West Coast triad of California, Oregon, and Washington. If those trends continue, the GOP could find itself unable to count on a single state that has as many as 20 electoral votes.
More on the horizon Iwillnevergiveup Feb 2013 #1
Repugs see that as a conspiracy. louis-t Feb 2013 #2
And they would know Iwillnevergiveup Feb 2013 #3
That was the best article I have read TxDemChem Feb 2013 #4
You are most welcome, TxDemChem Iwillnevergiveup Feb 2013 #5
Party of Calhoun should be the retort independentpiney Feb 2013 #6
Not bad, independentpiney Iwillnevergiveup Feb 2013 #7
Kick ... Scuba Feb 2013 #8
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