Crafting a victorious electoral strategy

Given all the anger lately, thought I'd post a positive digression.
What electoral strategy will win the general election in 2008?

In 2004 we came damn close in a few states that could have shifted the election.
I pulled out the following:
Iowa: -1% 7EV
NM: -1% 5EV
Ohio: -2% 20EV* (ahem...)
NV: -3% 5EV
FLA: -5% 27EV

Assuming we can hold the states we won in 2004, how do we get to 271 next November?

Some of my random thoughts:
1. Richardson for VP
Just thinking he might help in the close Mountain states and with the Latino community.
3. Obama for the Black & Youth vote
With Obama on the ticket LA, MISS, ALA, SC, NC and VA might be competitive. Also the Gen x Gen Y votes give Obama some competetive edge in the New West states and the Southwest.
4. Hillary for Florida
Hillary polls much better with older voters than with young, and seeing as Florida has a huge swath of older voters my hunch is Hillary makes a good chance of winning Florida.
5. Edwards: I think he would help open up some of the upper south and some midwestern states.

places I went for numbers:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/

http://www.censusscope.org/us/map_generations.html

What states do you think we can win in 2008 and why?

peace

Obama and Edwards help us most with the South, and Richardson will help us with the West. The key, I think, is to pick up what the majority of Americans want, and pledging to deliver it. To me, this means a plan to get out of Iraq soon and some viable plan for universal health care.