Letters to the Editor
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Reason why drawn out primaries are in fact good
Full disclosure: I'm an Obama supporters, so I'm a bit nervous about this whole situation. Buuuuut...
Just how many people outside the midwest knew anything about Indiana. I knew that they love basketball, and this girl from Indianapolis and that's it. (Oh and Michael Jackson and family is from Gary.)
It's about time Democrats started learning about the rest of the country. The drawn out primary is forcing us to dump the bunker mentality (you know... east coast, west coast, few states bordering a lake, and maybe Ohio or Florida, and we'll be fine) and bring our message to the rest of the country, to towns and cities that need it and want to hear it, many of which would gladly throw their support behind us if we would just send our candidates around once in a while.
Indiana probably isn't going Democrat anytime soon. But if there's lessons to be had from this primary and the last election, it is that a 50 state strategy is necessary and viable and that a message of competence in governance can go a long way.
Who's next? North Carolina? The state that elected John Edwards? Let's make some waves.