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The Obama Margin as we approach the conventions is too narrow to create a celebration

HOW TO WIDEN THE OBAMA MARGIN
1.
The Obama Margin as we approach the conventions 
is too narrow to create a celebration
The sign right now for Obama is 
too close for comfort
There are too many imponderables to be sanguine
about an Obama victory
2.
The GOP faces substantial vulnerabilities and the 
key to an Obama victory is exploiting them
The following words and phrases express the GOP vulnerabilities
Bush Neocon Koch War on Women War on Entitlements
Buying the Election Actual Economic Harm
3.
To widen the Democratic edge requires
turning each GOP vulnerability into a wedge
Hammering each wedge into the thin area 
that is the present margin
will widen it
On Twitter we have a perfect laboratory
for testing the effectiveness of
ways to widen the margin of victory
for the President 
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