Following up on yesterday’s discussion of surprising Democratic strength in Utah, a new poll shows the president beating all comers in Tennessee. It’s one poll, and I don’t want to suggest that I have confidence that the Dems can win a Senate seat in Utah or the president will win the Volunteer State’s electoral votes, but these are early signs that we could be gearing up for one hell of an ass-kicking. I certainly hope so. If Obama wins Tennessee, he’s going to win almost everywhere. Outside of the Deep South, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, I’d put Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia as the president’s toughest states to win. If he wins Tennessee, he’s probably going to win the Dakotas and maybe even Nebraska and Kansas.
I would love to have a breakthrough from this red/blue divide that has grown so tiresome.
