Reply #16: You still can't ignore the reality....

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...that if Hillary is the nominee, the Religious Right will mobilize against her in *DROVES* in red states.

I know that Hillary's supporters say that Hillary would only need the blue states plus Ohio or Florida to win the White House. But they're missing the bigger picture.

There are a lot of U.S. Senate and U.S. House seats that will be critical races in 2008....and a large chunk of those congressional seats are in RED STATES and RURAL AREAS that simply won't respond well to Hillary as a presidential candidate, no matter how much she talks about her religion.

Those are people such as my parents, who could be swayed to vote for the Democratic candidate if it was the right candidate - - but they've already made up their minds about Hillary. They'll never support her.

How will Democrats further down the ticket in red states (particularly in the South) and in rural communities be HELPED by putting Hillary at the top of the ticket?