What seems funny about it? Practially every administration in the last 30-40 years has had a southerner, and or Californian.
That's how the game is played.
W. Bush-TX
Clinton-AR, Gore-TN (apologies to my neighbors)
G.H.W Bush-TX
Reagan-CA
Carter-GA
Ford-Appointed
Nixon-CA
Johnson-TX
It's a fact-the combination of appeasing southern and California voters is a big winner. If you do well in the south AND win in California, you have a landslide.