Men's Group

They are only an important voting bloc by default; women change their voting patterns when they marry.

Our approach of just writing them off has proven to be a failure, because of the phenomenon I posted in the OP. You're not writing off just them, but also their wives.

And no, I don't have any sure-fire ideas, but if there are any, this is where they'll start.

My best suggestion, cynical as it may sound, is 1) keep the patriarchal parts of gender political issues, the ones that men buy into on the basis of protecting their women (e.g. VAWA, health care reform, choice), jettison the gender warfare (paycheck equity), improve education for boys, insist on fairness in family court by making examples of some judges. End draft registration.

2) Get into John Edwards-esque economic populism in a big way, with emphasis on the job creating benefit of churning wealth through the economy rather than keeping it sequestered in a handful of banks.