Basically, we lost Springfield. [View all]
Well, Springfield, Mo., obviously, but that's not the one I mean. 
FXX has been showing The Simpsons nonstop since Thanksgiving (!). This morning Moe pulled a gun out from under the bar for some reason, This got me to ruminating on what the gun situation is in Springfield.
That's when it hit me. Our candidates, being from Shelbyville and Capital City, didn't pay much attention to Springfield. Meanwhile, the vulgar talking yam was capturing whatever imaginations Homer, Barney, Carl, Lenny, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Troy McClure (who you may remember from such motion pictures as... ) et al. may have.
I imagine we're on safe ground with Patty, what with her being gay and all, and probably Marge, who has stood up to similar folderol in the past, but I'm starting to wonder about Selma. That would suck. 
So how do we take Springfield back? It will be several cycles until Lisa turns 35. What other candidate from Springfield could win the Dem primaries in Shelbyville and Capital City? 
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