Reply #35: It is highly unlikely that anyone could lead a Democratic win of Georgia

[karynnj]

right now. Consider how foolish you would find a Republican plan that focused on winning Massachusetts. Any election where we are winning Georgia will be a landslide.

In my Republican county in a Democratic state, success is often defined as holding down the Republican margins so the Democrats in Democratic counties easilly produce greater margins leading to a state wide Democratic win.

A sensible goal in Georgia, might be having a sufficiently motivated Democratic party that there are good well supported candidates for all winnable seats who have the resources to win. Additionally, good candidates with support in non-winnable areas can gradually change the dynamic and if a Republican candidate falls apart, they can possibly pick up an impossible seat. The other effect is on the popular vote, which is important for bragging rights. Losing Georgia by less and winning California by more both help the popular vote.

I think the key is NOT who plays best in Georgia, but who plays best in NH, Iowa, MO, VA, NM, AZ, OH, FL etc - the swing or almost swing red states. Unless there is a Republican landslide, the very blue states are ours. To win you need to add in enough states to win. The best candidates are not the RED RED states but the swing or close to swing states. (Likewise, only in a Democratic landslide are the very red states (like Georgia) at risk.) Again, do the Republicans try to assure their candidate can play in Massachusetts?