Is Obama Planning To Put Heavy Resources Into Georgia?

Posted by Ashish on 05.27.2008

Obama camp offers glimpse at which "swing states" he plans to compete in...

In an email to people accepted into their Organizing Fellowship Program, the Obama camp listed the 17 states below as the ones where they need the most resources:

Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Michigan
Missouri
North Carolina
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Nevada
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin

Now, obviously this list includes every "accepted" swing state, but also includes Georgia, a state rarely ever mentioned as a swing state. But, demographically, it is one that some assumed Obama would compete it, and this confirms that he will. If Obama drops heavy resources into these 17 states, it is going to stretch John McCain's money very thin. The Republican party DID NOT expect to have to put resources into Georgia this year. Obama is going to have huge advantages in money and ground troops in this race, and unlike in the primaries, where money and ground troops only had to be used one or two states at a time after February 5th, these 17 states are going to require serious investments right away. I suspect that even if the Obama camp doesn't think they can win Georgia, they see a big opportunity in keeping it close enough, and putting enough money into it, to force McCain to have to defend it and thus spread his limited resources even more.