Marisa Katz (reg. req’d.) slices and dices the argument that Hillary Clinton can win over red states because she won over upstate New York: “[U]pstate New York is not that conservative. Clinton hasn’t done all that well here–in fact, she lost the region in 2000 and remains a highly polarizing figure. And, when she has won people over, it’s been through retail politics at a very local level. Ultimately, if she’s going to do well as a presidential candidate, she and her advisers must accept that her Senate campaign doesn’t count as a dress rehearsal. She’s going to have to bring something else to the national stage.”