Whether you want to admit it or not, flyover country can't save our asses forever.
Remember that it shouldn't have been that close...even with Lurch the opponent.
You get a real celebrity charmer as a candidate and you might have problems.
Hispanic base definitely necessary. Cultivate the hell out of it.
Don't forget, Castro could croak during this term too. (A bonus?)
If the price of courting the Hispanic vote is abandoning conservative values, then I heartily reject this, come what may.