Suburbs? What? The SOUTH?? WHAT??!!

[Caro]

UPDATE: Stacey Tallitsch and Steve Sinton will be on Barry Gordon From Left Field TODAY, webcast from http://www.barrygordonfromleftfield.com, 4 - 7 pm Eastern (with Tony Trupiano, of MI, and a DCCC rep, too)! What a show!!! (tell a friend :)

There have been some especially interesting analyses recently that go against the conventional wisdom that suburbia and the South belong to Republicans.

From Democracy Corps, “Cracks in the Two Americas” (pdf), March 3, 2006:

The most important shifts (from Republican to Democratic) are taking place among the world of Republican loyalists, which will have big strategic consequences… The combined data set shows major shifts in the Deep South and rural areas (even before the most recent controversies), blue-collar white men, and the best educated married men with high incomes. (Emphasis added.)

From Ruy Teixeira, pollster, Center for American Progress fellow, and co-author of The Emerging Democratic Majority, “Exurbia: The Democrats' Next Frontier”, March 31:

Is exurbia really solid GOP territory—so dominated by conservative white voters that the Democrats have no chance of competing successfully there? This report takes a careful look at the data and concludes that view is incorrect. On the contrary, the most important part of exurbia—America’s emerging suburbs—is definitely accessible to Democrats. (Emphasis added.)

And from Teixeira again, “2006 Election Outlook: The Macro and the Micro”, March 30:

A nationalized election has to have the candidates and money to contest every possible election and therefore catch the wave to the maximum extent possible. It is getting a bit late on the candidate recruitment front, but it is never too late for money. As Cook points out, if the wave is high enough, even second and their tier candidates have a decent chance to win. But they still need money. (Emphasis added.)

So, ladies and gentlemen, I offer you a candidate who is running in a southern, exurban district, and who's a bona fide, certified, and chicken fried progressive, as Molly Ivins would say. In the interest of re-taking the House of Representatives in November, I hope you will help him. He is

Stacey Tallitsch, running in the Louisiana 1st—David Duke territory, friends, but where better than Louisiana to run against the incompetence of the Bush administration?

More progressive candidates are listed here. Help them start off the new quarter with a bang.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[LA lady]

1. Yikes

It's gonna be an uphill battle. I think Jindal won with about 75%. He has BIG national funding too.

[AnnInLa]

2. We can only hope!

Louisiana may be a unique case because of the disappointment in the administration re the hurricanes. It was interesting to see that bush's approval rating in LA since the hurricanes has dropped significantly, and that SUSA (?) has painted LA light blue.