George W Bush lost those states too and how did that work out for him? Yes but they weren't democrats and Republicans at the time. John Addams was President (Republican) while Thomas Jefferson was Vice President (Federalist).
He lost those, but then won the states Obama has flourished in, the smaller states.. Dont get me wrong I am not counting McCain out by any means, he is a strong candidate in his own right, it was you that mentioned the landslide victory with Hillary's supporters.. As I said previously take a look at the polls, they werent far off in the primaries or the caucuses and I dont suspect them to be off in the general election either, this will be a very tight, very important race that I believe will bring more voters and more attention to american politics than any I can really remember in recent history.
As for Addams and Jefferson, I see what you are getting at with the two parties on one ticket, but please note that politics have changed significantly since that time, notably the Federalist dont exist... also see my original question
hen have you ever seen a republican and democrat as president and vice president?
Answer is you havent and probably wont ever...
take a look at these two maps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ElectoralCollege2004.svg
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/demmap/index.html
look at all similar to you?