Facing South points out that Obama did relatively well in the Republican-encumbered South:2008 SOUTH-WIDE VOTE TOTAL*John McCain - 21,047,740 - 53%Barack Obama - 18,604,726 - 47%Obama won at least 40% of the vote in every Southern state except Alabama and Arkansas, where in each case he won 39%.Remember those numbers the next time you hear a pundit or blogger call the South a Republican region.