Moving Forward, what does Obama do now to start closing the gap on super tuesday?

[Joe the Revelator]

Where does he start, what states does he spend the most time in, and what states can he ignore?

[DB1]

1. Same as he ever does. Speak truth to power.

[Joe the Revelator]

2. Which works well when he has time to stay in the state...

but now time is of the essence. Where does he go and what does he do? He has to have a path.

[DB1]

5. Good question. I think the NH and NV results have him prepared.

I don't have an answer other than to say this should give him a lot of residual MSM help and he has to not attack anymore, or respond to feeble attacks, respond only the serious ones and overall take the high road. Smile wide in California and go to NYC with Caroline Kennedy at his side.

[Joe the Revelator]

3. kick

[Seen the light]

4. I'd focus on the Midwest and California

I'd zero in on Missouri and California in particular.

[Joe the Revelator]

6. Why is Missouri such an important state?

I've noticed Hillary spending a lot of time there.

[Seen the light]

7. If you assume that Obama takes the South and Clinton the NE....

then Missouri (and Minnesota) have the most delegates of any state besides California that are voting on Super Tuesday.

[K Gardner]

8. Its got to be a hard decision: 10 days/22 states, plus Hillary now claiming Florida..

he's going to have to be smart where he puts his ads and time. We've already been seeing numerous cable ads here in TN. There are hardly any signs for any candidate. But people are surprisingly paying attention now. I think he'll do very well and Edwards will probably continue to siphon off about 15% or so.

[Joe the Revelator]

9. He's the only person showing ads in GA

[Joe the Revelator]

10. and fuck Hillary claiming Florida

Just because she wants it doesn't mean she's going to get it.

[Diane R]

13. Thank you. She simply can't play fair, can she?

[ellisonz]

11. Lock up Georgia with a day or two, hit California for 3-4 days with a trip to Arizona and NM.

Go to Kansas, Tennessee, and close in Missouri.

He needs to spend heavily on advertising including Spanish language ads in CA, AZ, and NM.

This is like a national election. It is all about media.

If he can pull off a 4-7 point victory in California he can bury Clinton.

[sandnsea]

12. It's up to US now

He can't run the kind of personal campaign in 22 states that he has run everywhere else. It's ground game now and that means signing up to make phone calls, going to neighboring states if you can, donating money, writing LTTE's, whatever each of us can do.

[Diane R]

14. It IS up to us. Time to find out where the local Obama headquarters is, and sign up.

[Alexander]

15. He should visit Georgia, Arizona, California, Tennessee, Alabama and Illinois.

Those states provide both the best chance of winning and the most delegates for Obama.

That's 875 delegates right there - a hefty chunk of the electorate.

[Joe the Revelator]

17. I like it.

[lurky]

16. Is it all about delegates now,

or is it still a momentum game? This is totally different from a primary election, since the delegates are given out proportionally. I would do events and advertising where he reaches the most potential voters, which are the big media markets in LA, SF, Boston, even NYC. Sure, he probably won't win New York, but a even 10% shift in New York will give him as more delegates as he won in Nevada and New Hampshire combined. It's about reaching as many people as he can in a short time.

He should also barnstorm the Southern states to ensure big wins, and finish up in Chicago on election night.