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« on: June 29, 2015, 09:26:14 PM »

Bush was in Nevada and used a gambling metaphor to talk about the GOP electoral strategy....
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Although he wasn't getting into specifics, I wonder if his team is planning on targeting any states that Romeny didn't go after. Romney did try to win Nevada, but ignored New Mexico. If they target Hispanics, NM could be back on the table. Could Team Jeb really be thinking of California? Is that where John Heilemann (who is totally in the tank for Jeb) got the notion that Bush could put CA into play?
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-10-06/the-truth-about-jeb-bushs-presidential-ambitions

Remember Jeb's brother actually campaigned in CA back in 2000
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/31/us/2000-campaign-texas-governor-confident-bush-says-he-can-win-california-s-vote.html

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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2015, 07:35:02 PM »

Obviously California is out of reach, but even improving among Hispanics a couple points would shore up Georgia and Arizona while helping out in Colorado, Nevada, North Carolina, Florida, etc. So, in terms of strategy, Jeb is 100% right, the GOP needs more hispanic voters.

Agree that appealing more to Latinos is important for the GOP and helps them with many of the states in the 2012 battlegrounds that Romney targeted. I just don't see how it expands beyond that list (besides the aforementioned possible return to New Mexico). To really 'expand the map' the GOP needs to look to all elements of the so-called 'Rising American Electorate' (unmarried women, African Americans, Latinos, other people of color and millennials). If they can do that, then maybe some more states come into play like Minnesota, Michigan, Oregon. And of course Wisconsin and Pennsylvania (which were on the 2012 list) become more realistic targets.
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