The last time we let your region of the country run the government they picked Bill Clinton for us. The last time we had an election they tried to pick John Kerry for us but were stopped thanks to the Solid Red South. In other words, don't try to pick a speck out of somebody else's eye when you've got a log in your own.
Clinton did better in your state than he did in mine. In fact Kerry did better in your state than he did in mine so you can save that "your region picked Clinton" bullshit for someone else.