In order for people to really understand the significance of last night, you must take the total of the Democrat who won and compare that against the Republican won. Then you need to look at the states where the Democratic winner beats the Republican winner but the Democratic loser does not.THAT will give you the best indicator in the GE on who is the best democratic candidate.
Under this logic we see that in IL,CA, NY, NJ, both Hillary AND Obama beat the Republican contender, but we knew that already.
Let's see who is a better candidate for the General election and a true 50-state strategy....
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primari es/results/dates/#20080205
Barack beats Huckabee in ALABAMA
Obama crushes Huck in Georgia.
Obama beats Romney in Colorado.
Clinton beats Huck in Arkansas.
For the remaining states, Hillary and Obama are called 'Dems'.
Dems beat Romney in MN.
Dems beat McCain in MO
Dems beat McCain in OK
Dems beat Huck in TN
Dems destroy McCain in Connecticut.
Dems win in DE
Dems win in MA.
Dems lose ALaska
Dems lose AZ
Dems lose UT.
When looking at the Dems in the head to head, Hillary only brings one state to the table that Obama cannot deliver, and that is Arkansas.
Obama, however, may be the key to opening up the South again to the Democratic party (This time on more liberal terms) because he can beat Republicans in SC (I looked at the Jan. 19, numbers and he holds up) ,GA, AL and most likely MS, where Hillary cannot. Especially if Huckabee is NOT the candidate. Additionally, Obama shows traction in Colorado which may be the beginning of the Democrats moving into the Southwest. If Romney is not the nominee, then UT is in play as well, as Republicans may not go for McCain in the numbers that they went for Mitt.
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