One of our biggest achievements in 2006 was to turn a lot of state legislatures blue. Like you say, we definitely need to keep that rolling in 2008 and especially 2010, so that Dems draw the Congressional map for the following decade.
I believe I read on Political Wire that the Obama campaign will be competing in places like Texas expressly for this reason. They know that they probably won't win the state, but they want to influence the down ticket races. It just seems like their campaign just gets it. They are seeing this election as a chance at Democratic victory not just their victory.
That part about campaigning in Texas for state-level redistricting that won't happen until 3 years from now shows how much thought the Obama team is putting into their strategic decisions.
I like it.
