Comments on: The Plan: Iowa http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/08/27/the-plan-iowa/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:04:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: desmoinesdem http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/08/27/the-plan-iowa/#comment-110438 desmoinesdem Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:43:14 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=8772#comment-110438 Thanks for the link. I think cutting into McCain's margins in the traditionally Republican strongholds will be as important for Obama as registering new voters in the heavily Democratic areas. I knew McCain was being massively out-organized in Iowa, because he bypassed this state's caucuses and has few enthusiastic supporters in the Iowa GOP base. However, I had no concept of how far behind McCain really was in terms of the ground game until I started looking at states like Wisconsin, Ohio and Virginia, where Obama has five or six times as many field offices. Thanks for the link. I think cutting into McCain’s margins in the traditionally Republican strongholds will be as important for Obama as registering new voters in the heavily Democratic areas.

I knew McCain was being massively out-organized in Iowa, because he bypassed this state’s caucuses and has few enthusiastic supporters in the Iowa GOP base. However, I had no concept of how far behind McCain really was in terms of the ground game until I started looking at states like Wisconsin, Ohio and Virginia, where Obama has five or six times as many field offices.

]]>