"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
...
the only information you
provide to substantiate this fairy tale is "the analysis is
private".

which, I strongly(VERY strongly) suspect translates into:
"the analysis was made by folks far from the campaign, with no clue of state
politics" Sticking to that strategy outlined by Rick, as the SOLE strategy,
or even the DECIDING strategy element, is sheer lunacy. The numbers just
won't add up. Obama's team is/was very good at reading the rules well before
the first planning meetings, and attacked this campaign accordingly. They
did, from state to state, what needed to be done to win the EC, easily. They
attacked largely rural/suburban states with traditional GOP leanings,
forcing the GOP to play virtual constant defense. They DID utilize big
margins among non-whites in cities to their advantage. They maximized
turnout by use of cutting edge techniques never really used before in
practice(many were straight out of political theory classes at the
University level). And, they won. Now, let's all get back to whatever the
original topic was......
Tom