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One thing I've noticed in the letters posted here:
it seems that many of the people who are getting (and believing) these emails are the very same people who live in the states that went republican in the last two elections.
So what's the bog deal? And why again, are we worrying about changing their minds? We won't. And frankly, I'm not entirely sure it has anything to do with Obama, per se, or whether these voters in the "fly over states" already have this predisposition anyway. IOW, if the nominee was Clinton, they'd be saying some other weird shot to not vote for her, you know?
So no surprises here. The good news is that he does have some constituencies in those states anyway (thanks to the primary season) and maybe THEY can do some of the rumor-busting work. All marketers know that word of mouth and person-to-person recommendations are more powerful than any other advertising medium.
In the meantime, Obama would be good to concentrate on the swing states (MI, OH, PA, FL) and the three or four purple states (like CO, NV, NM, AK, VA) where he stands a chance of upsetting McCain. This is exactly what he HAS planned to do and IS DOING.
No need for us to panic about this. Really.
