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Welcome to another mini cast from Away With Words.

I'm Grant Barrett. We're continuing our look at some of the words of the year of 2008. Being an election year, it generated a huge amount of political language. One expression

that was not new, but certainly seems to have exploded in use, was Ground Game. Ground Game is a political term that refers to the door-to-door

one-on-one tactics used in the presidential campaigns. The victory of the Obama campaign in particular has been widely credited to its voter registration drives,

its organized efforts to sway undecided or independent voters, its email list, and its repeated reminders of when and where to vote. Ground game has its roots in sports.

In football, playing a ground game is about not kicking or passing, but pushing the ball step by step toward the goal with scrimaging.

It's a slog to the end zone, but it avoids investing too much hope in a single play.

In martial arts, a ground game is the kind of fighting that happens on the matter floor, as opposed to the kicking and punching that happens when standing up. It puts the combatants face to face. This too is a tough slog toward victory, though perhaps a more sure one as it does not rely on a miraculous kick or punch.

That's all about Ground Game. Next week we'll talk about the acronym Puma. For Away With Words, I'm Grant Barrett.

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