"Popular vote doesn't mean much. You have to look at the Electro College results. George W. Bush lost the popular vote in 2000."
And yet look at the last 53-47ish election won by a Republican:
53-47 is such an advantage in the PV that it dictates certain blue states go red simply because there isn't enough PV to account for the margin in '08 or even '04 red states! Add in a very favorable EV reapportionment for the GOP in 2010, and this is a landslide within reach. Minus Cali, of course -- hopeless.
I'll settle for the win in my sig...