Tom Schaller, author of "Whistling Past Dixie" on Rocky Mountain west and Southwest.

[madfloridian]

Run time: 03:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4h2Ls9s9EM   Posted on YouTube: November 27, 2006 By YouTube Member: Politicstv Views on YouTube: 923   Posted on DU: December 31, 2006 By DU Member: madfloridian Views on DU: 508

 
Very interesting video...here are the notes from the You Tube poster. I would like to see this whole speech.

"Tom Schaller tells us how the Rocky Mountain west and southwest were the key to 2006 and will be again in 2008. ..."

There was an article about these areas and the DNC called "A New Map out West." I referred to it a few months ago. It is not bypassing the South, but it is focusing on the two areas above while building the party in the South.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/454

Dean does not mention the South like Schaller did, but instead focuses on the concentrated areas.

"And just to add on here, Dean is most interested in the West. US News covered this recently.

New Map Out West

Add it all up, and Democrats hope a new day is dawning. "We intend to contest Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada as a unit next time in the presidential because we think we can win there," Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told U.S. News. Dean's theory is that, with a combined total of 29 electoral votes, those four states would make it unnecessary for the Democrats to win Florida, with 27 electoral votes, which they have lost in the last two down-to-the-wire presidential elections. "Bill Clinton won every single one of those states at one time or another," Dean added."

I have not read Schaller's book yet, but it is on my list to order soon. So I am not sure if they are saying the same thing, but it sounds sort of like it.