What if Kerry paid a surprise visit to Austin, TX tomorrow or Monday ??

[kentuck]

What would the pundits say? :) Does Kerry think he can win Texas? The Bush campaign would be dazed and confused and it would be all over talk radio and cable TV that Kerry thinks he can win Texas !

How much publicity would it be worth? Could he afford to take a few hours away from his normal schedule? It would blow their minds!

[Zang]

1. HUGE

I'd be there with all my friends!

[Longhorn]

2. I sure hope someone lets me know if that happens!

I'll be there! :bounce:

[harpo]

3. That would be HUGE for Texas Democrats!!!

[juliagoolia]

4. He'd have a HUGE TURNOUT IN AUSTIN TOO!!

AUSTIN LOVES KERRY.. It would be stunning to people that think ALL of TX loves Bush.. Austin sure doesn't.

[kentuck]

9. And Karl Rove would poop on himself...

:)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. It it were to happen it would shock not just Texas but all America!

Oh, and I would be there standing VERY proud for my man!

[Rjnerd]

6. How about Sugar Land

Give morrison a hand with a pesky bug?

[David Dunham]

7. Sorry, but he does not have the time for such a visit now.

But as president-elect he will have a lot of time to visit you in Texas.

[onehandle]

8. Forget it. Ohio and Florida only. Maybe not even Florida. nt

[cynatnite]

10. It would turn the repugs on their ears and make news coast to coast

Everyone would think he knew something no one else did.

I actually think it would be a bold and brilliant move on his part to do something like that in the final hours of the election.

[harpo]

11. yeah...it would definately make headlines all over the place...chimp base

[kentuck]

12. A great thinker !

:)

[fidgeting wildly]

13. beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep

*ring, ring*

Uh, hello, Mr. Disapproving Boss? *violent cough* Yeah, I'm REALLY sick. I think it's the flu. *cough, cough* I won't be in to work on Monday. The doc says I'm contagious.

:evilgrin:

[tritsofme]

14. Chimp did it in 2000 with California

I thought it was a great strategy, because if they "think" he actually had a shot at California he must have the election wrapped up.

Kerry should go to Austin.

[magatte]

15. This would be a masterstroke!

Unfortunately I have no idea how late is it for the Kerry campaign to take this on board. Anyone here able to drum up the idea?!!

[mellowinman]

16. Now THAT I like.

That's thinking like I'M thinking.

Can Bush take Texas? Pollsters aren't sure...

Excellent.

[DaveSZ]

18. That would be something!

Austin is Kerry country!

[harpo]

19. talk about putting him on the defense ;)

:smoke: :hippie:

[Tweed]

17. Terrible idea and very Rovian

You are using Karl Rove's theory of inevablibility. The problem with the theory is that it doesn't work. It assumes that people will flock to the winner. People with that kind of sheep mentality have already gone Bush. No one is going to say "Kerry is in Austin? I should vote for him. He's the winner." Someone from Ohio is much more likely to see Kerry in Ohio and say "He visited my state last on election day, he cares about my state."

[DaveSZ]

20. I agree

He should be in Ohio imo, but I hope he swings by Austin sometime after being elected *crosses fingers*.

[harpo]

21. You are assuming chimp takes texas...what if Kerry put it into play

It would show chimp can't win in his OWN state...well the one he lives in most of the time.

[Tweed]

22. You don't put a state into play by making one appearance there

Especially one that has a 20 point spread.

[harpo]

25. 20 point lead? It was 21.31 in the 2000 election...no where near that now

[Tweed]

26. Perhaps you would like to show me the polls that suggest against that

http://www.electoral-vote.com/states/texas.html

Does Bush have a shot at Illinois or California? They are 10-15 points in Kerry's favor.

[harpo]

27. you believe those polls? Not me...no way

[LightTheMatch]

23. ummm....

He'd get some good tex-mex?????

:)

[Jane Austin]

24. WOOT!!

I'd be there, and I'd let any of my employees (cough, cough) go home sick, too. :)