This is a repsonse to part of Richard Saunders' post, Five Reasons Why Obama Shouldn't Be A Lock.  Specifically, his points that "Big states are what win in November," and looking at electoral-vote.com to try to establish that Hillary is a stronger candidate in the general.  These points bear responding to in more detail than would suit a reply on the thread.  Hillary has a troublesome number, and that is 254.  More after the jump...

Plenty of people are saying that the 2008 race starts today.  I like that kind of enthusiasm.  And it's easy to be enthusiatic after the stunning results we acheived yesterday.  I'm not here to kill the enthusiasm.

Rather, I'm recommending people clear their heads and take a little time for some important things.  More after the jump...