Lindsey Graham says he's now considering

[pbrower2a]

Southern reactionaries have never appealed strongly outside the South. Northerners can vote for their own reactionaries (like Reagan and the elder Bush) and for Southern moderates (LBJ, Clinton, Gore; they voted for a Northern moderate over a Southern moderate in 1976). Southerners can vote for Northern reactionaries, of course.

Against Hillary Clinton:

 

Lindsey Graham keeps North Carolina in doubt, but basically he throws away states like Arizona, Indiana, and Missouri -- winning states outside the Mountain and Deep South that haven't voted for a Democrat since 1964.

[pbrower2a]

Southern reactionaries have never appealed strongly outside the South. Northerners can vote for their own reactionaries (like Reagan and the elder Bush) and for Southern moderates (LBJ, Clinton, Gore; they voted for a Northern moderate over a Southern moderate in 1976). Southerners can vote for Northern reactionaries, of course.

Against Hillary Clinton:

 

Lindsey Graham keeps North Carolina in doubt, but basically he throws away states like Arizona, Indiana, and Missouri -- winning states outside the Mountain and Deep South that haven't voted for a Democrat since 1964.

lol

What's so funny? The parties have practically inverted from what they were in the 1950s with the GOP strong in the South and weak in the North in the 2008 and 2012 elections in contrast to what they were in the 1950s. In the 1950s Stevenson won only in the Deep and Mountain South... and twice lost Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Rhode Island. Since 1956 no Republican has won both Massachusetts and Minnesota at the same time (they were the 49th and 50th best states for Reagan in 1984 and the 50th and 49th best states for Nixon in 1972) . I have had the Eisenhower-Obama overlay map at times, and I might dredge it up again. 

Kansas showed itself very shaky for Republicans for a wave year. I wonder whether a pattern is developing.