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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts) Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:10 AM Dec 2017

Can't Obama go to Alabama today?

Or is that too not normal? They said if we got the Obama turnout Moore would lose

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Can't Obama go to Alabama today? (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2017 OP

there might be a snapback effect bigtree Dec 2017 #1

I hear you. Perhaps something super targeted? Very frustrating - it's like Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2017 #2

I fear that would cause more harm than good. Sad to say, but there it is. Tipperary Dec 2017 #3

bigtree

(85,998 posts)

1. there might be a snapback effect

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:13 AM

Dec 2017

...energize the right-wing more than the communities we need.

That's what makes nationalizing local races risky.

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

2. I hear you. Perhaps something super targeted? Very frustrating - it's like

Reply to bigtree (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:38 AM

Dec 2017

we are in a no-win trap. There had to have been some effective way to reach Alabamians without acting like they were all crazy? surely there are plenty of people there who get tired of the state's stereotype.

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)

3. I fear that would cause more harm than good. Sad to say, but there it is.

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:43 AM

Dec 2017

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