Next Target: Arizona (Hillary's Group) [View all]

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Next week, Idaho and Utah have caucuses. We'll lose those.

But that doesn't really matter.

Arizona is a closed primary, so we should do reasonably well there.

But that doesn't really matter, either.

The primary is over.

Arizona, however, is a state that Obama lost by 9% in 2012...but that translates to 200,000 votes.

And there is room to grow. Obama lost women in 2012 in Arizona. Hillary will connect better with them. Obama also only won the Latino vote 74-25%. If it's Trump on the ticket, we can easily get another 10% out of the Latino vote and win the women's vote.

But to make that sort of change, you have to lay the groundwork now. So we need to get Hillary's message out. To present an alternative to Trump's bigotry. This is where you sow the seed that will grow in November.

And don't think it's impossible. In 2004, John Kerry lost Virginia by 8.2%, over 250,000 votes. In 2008 and 2012, Obama won that state.