[GOPcapitalist]

Looks to me like the south has finally joined the Northern and Western states.

The northern (yankeeland) and western (the left coast) states are blue this year, non-seq. They were blue four years ago as well. They were also blue in 1964 when only the old CSA supported Goldwater. You may not like it, but we're the base of the modern GOP. Its entire electoral strength is anchored to us. Your states - like Iowa - are the outlying buoys in the harbor that casually drift our way from time to time.

[Non-Sequitur]

Your states - like Iowa - are the outlying buoys in the harbor that casually drift our way from time to time.

Cling to your delusions if you wish. The strength of the GOP was in the plains and in the mountain states when you all were pissing yourself over FDR. But as I said, you've come late to the Party of Lincoln, but better late than never.

[Gianni]

Your states - like Iowa - are the outlying buoys in the harbor that casually drift our way from time to time.

Watch it there, bub. Iowa has largely the same problem that Ohio (and Kentucky, for that matter) has. The state political machines are largely run by organized labor, and goes Dem in spite of being social conservatives.

It's unfortunate, but it's changing as the Dems move away from middle-America's values to embrace the militant homosexuals and the fringe whackos. In 2000, we were close. In 2004, Bush won. Things are looking brighter all the time.

[seedman81]

Yes the state map shows blue, but if you look at the county breakdown, most of CA is red. Unfortunately the state is inundated with warm bodies in LA and the San Francisco Bay Area that bleed liberal blue and that tips the scales. With the exception of the aforementioned urban areas, the great state of CA is very conservative. We've increased the GOP vote more so this election that in two previous to it. From 1968 until Clinton's election in 1992 the GOP won the state.