Okay, for those of you who haven't guessed, I am a fan of Rush Limbaugh. I don't get to listen during the actual show too often. But, I am a member of his website.

For those of you that are kind of downhearted after the election, there are some things to keep in mind:

Despite what you are hearing in the mainstream media, Obama did not win by some kind of overwhelming majority. He, only, received 52% of the vote.

Today, on Rush's site, his web people posted the following graphic. It is a map of the US divided into counties or parishes. These areas are tinted according to who they went for in last week's election. The red is for McCain, and the blue is for Obama.


Shot at 2008-11-12

Now, because of how our population is distributed, and the fact that we elect Presidents by state, as apportioned by population, and not a strict popular vote, or, even, a strict popular vote by state, it appears Obama won some kind of landslide. The truth of the matter is that it was a much closer thing than it immediately appears. Obama did an excellent job of winning in EXACTLY the places he had to win. In four years, if we can take one or two key counties per state that he won in, this time around, then numbers would be reversed ... actually, we would have a real landslide in the electoral college that would dwarf Obama's win this time around.

It can be done, but that is where the true challenge is.