RM77 said:
Obama has won mostly in Red States, which the Democrats will never carry in November. In many Red States including South Carolina, Virginia, many Republicans appears to have crossed over just out of spite and hate of Hillary.
I still don't understand this argument against Obama. If Clinton has won mostly blue states, which any democrat is likely to carry in November, how is that a strength for her? If you're going to concede red states to stay red because party trumps candidate, you would have to agree that blue states will remain blue by the same argument. And if Republicans are so spiteful of Hillary Clinton that they'll cross to an open Dem primary to vote against her, won't they happily vote against her in the general?
I can understand concern that Obama will have a tough time in the general election, facing the full-force national Republican machine for the first time in his career, but I think Clinton's general election hopes are nil; there's too much baggage, there are too many Republican and independent voters who hate her (many irrationally), and the conservative base that can't be counted on to vote for the more moderate John McCain could easily be mobilized to get out and cast votes against the Clintons. (I say "the Clintons" instead of "Hillary Clinton" because that is how the GOP will paint the picture this fall if she's the nominee, reminding all their conservative voters about Bill's crooked penis and Monica Lewinsky's thong to get them riled up.)
As a Democrat who'd like to see a Dem in the White House, I'd much rather take my chances with Obama this fall than watch the sure-thing loss Hillary Clinton will suffer.
