Barack Obama - Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Barack Obama's comments about why he'll lose Kentucky made me smile:

"What it says is that I'm not very well known in that part of the country," Obama said. "Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas. So it's not surprising that she would have an advantage in some of those states in the middle."

Imagine the ridicule that would have resulted if say Mitt Romney had said something similar to explain his poor showing in Connecticut? Obama is not exactly making people confident in his geography skills. Kentucky borders Illinois.

And the US only has 50 states.