This is what I’ve been thinking. I’m old enough to remember the 1972 election when George McGovern, the darling of the far-left loons who had taken over the Democratic Party at the time, was nominated. Then, in the election, he was crushed by Nixon. Nixon got 520 electoral votes, McGovern got 17.
Now the situation is similar, with the Dems about to nominate another far-left candidate, Obama. Even considering the changing demographics that have occurred in the past 36 years this is still, essentially, a center-right country. I think Obama is going lose, probably not as badly as McGovern, but lose none-the-less.