Thinkcorps

Slate gets it pretty right. At it’s most simplistic, you could view this election as between “guy from Massachusetts” and “guy from Texas”. And let’s not underestimate Americans’ ability to be simplistic. The Republican’s strategy seems to have boiled down to “confuse ‘em so much they have to go with their gut.” And it worked. Southerners are still uncomfortable with Yankees. It’s engrained in the culture.

Message to Democrats: Massachusetts is dead. It’s a marginal player in today’s society. Until you get yourself a candidate from the heartland, from the South, nothing’s going to change.