Reply #18: It won once with Bill's second win. The first time he carried more states and used a 50 state .... [View All]

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strategy. In his first win he carried MT, CO, GA, none of which he carried in red state strategy of '96.

The other problem is that it lost us control of the Congress since it doesn't defend blue Congressional seats in red states. It was the first time in 40 years that 1 of the 2 houses of Congress was not controlled by dems.

Dean changed that this last election cycle by employing the 50 state strategy against the will of the DLC. Even though the DLC hamstrung him, he still managed to put together a limited 50 state strategy that helped us recapture control of Congress.