538 and Krugman Eric Cantor upset what happened.

[MADem]

12. Well, they need to do several things to win this thing, then.

They need to depress the GOP vote by bashing, trashing and dragging the name of this Tea nutter through the mud. OPPO research, and plenty of it!!! The minimum wage gaffe he made this morning--pin him down and pin that on him. Get him to say some wildass shit. Find tapes of his old lectures, pull them apart. Get him on the defensive now--early and often, every time he gets back on his feet, hit him w/something else.

GOTV in a big way on the Dem side. Rides, phone calls, take 'em by the hand, get 'em to the polls. "Your social security DEPENDS on it!!!!" Now's not too soon to start reaching out to people and "keeping in touch." Those "What's important to YOU?" phone calls can go a long way towards engaging a voter.

Fundraise, fundraise, fundraise. Buy lots of ads that look home-grown but are subtly sophisticated. TARGET the electorate, and target independents and malleable one-issue Republicans. Make sure the ad buys work and are appropriate --no "young voter" stuff in the middle of a Lawrence Welk rerun.

Get a hold of that Dem candidate and clean him up. He needs a bit of "Media 101" class. He's a prof too, so he can talk on his feet, but he needs to get the national syllabus down and be able to apply it to his district.

It's NOT TOO SOON to start debate prepping the guy. Early and often!