A point about the South...

[LuvNewcastle]

13. You have to play the long game in the South, politically speaking.

Southerners don't like change, so it takes a lot of work to get them to go your way. You can't expect immediate results when you start an organization down here.

Changing habits in the South is like growing a garden. You start out with your seed and you have to do a hell of a lot of watering and fertilizing. The garden grows very slowly, and you have to constantly be looking out for weeds that will choke the life out of your crops. Once the plants mature, however, they produce a high yield and they'll keep producing for a long time with minimal upkeep.

It will take a lot of work to get the Democratic Party competitive in the South again, especially the Deep South. But once things start going our way, they will stay that way for a long time. One day I hope to see the Solid South return to the Democratic Party. It's nice to have 100 or so electoral votes that you can count on every 4 years.