Could Hillary Have Out Performed Obama in the General Election?

In the primary campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton made a lot of noise about how she was the one winning the big states like California, Ohio and Florida and was therefore would be the better candidate for the general election. Her biggest case against Obama was electability.

Even after defeat bitter defeat, Hillary and Bill murmured to friends that Obama was going to lose to John McCain because Obama only won the primary because of the caucus states like Iowa and Idaho. Well, barely two weeks into the general election, Prophetess Hillary and Prophet Bill have been proven wrong with a big bang! Everything is pointing to an Obama landslide and congressional democrats riding on this Obama coattail and is enjoying a huge lead in both the House and Senate races. In the Senatorial races, the democrats are comfortably ahead in at least ten races, including, New Hampshire, Colorado, Virginia, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oregon, New Mexico, Mississippi and Kentucky. Similarly in the House race, the Democrats expect to pick up at least 20 seats.

If the current opinion polls hold true, Obama might outperform even Bill Clinton in sweeping traditional red states particularly in the South and Midwest. Bill Clinton was the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to win races in the South. In current opinion polls, Obama, leads in at least 7 to 8 traditional red states, including Indiana, Nevada, Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida and Missouri. He is also trailing slightly or within striking distance in deep red states like Georgia, West Virginia, North Dakota and Montana.