Reply #3: I've been saying yes, it's gone. [View All]

[LondonReign2]

Missouri used to be the swingiest of the swing states, but I don't think it is anymore. (IMO, Wisconsin probably gets that designation in terms of being "middle of the road" for the entire country).

The rise of the radical fundies in Missouri has, I think, more or less permanently swung it Red.

I belive WV would be far easier to swing back to Blue. All we need is a pro-gun rights candidate that will talk to the blue collar workers there. KY is gone, but AR could easily go back to Blue-- they are about the most progressive of the deep south states (damning with faint praise, I know).

ON EDIT: I don't think looking back to Clinton in '92 or '96 does us much good. The rise of the radical fundies throughout the Confederate Theocracy has changed the map. Missouri is infected, Ohio is catching it, as is western Iowa, and Indiana has long been a fundie enclave.

We can take back the southwest -- AZ, NM, CO, and NV, but the next best places are VA and AR.