AlterNet: How to Turn Your Red State Blue

In this article Christopher Hayes offers advice for reaching the rural voters -- focus on debt. However, we've heard how the Republicans already handle this. They say that the rich people are in the cities and the poor people are in the rural areas. This is where the urban vs. the rural areas play.

State Republicans say that the rich software engineers live in Seattle, and that they can afford to pay more for teachers. According to them the regular people live outside of Seattle and can't afford to keep up. The Republicans won't say that they've sold out to corporate interests and that soon no one will make a middle class wage.