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May 14, 2008
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May 14, 2008
The MSM will say no.
Jim Geraghty has a different take:
You'll see the press, and Obama's surrogates (perhaps I repeat myself) insist that tonight's result means nothing, and indeed, in the delegate count, the effect is marginal. But superdelegates ought to be sweating. White working-class voters, and various overlapping demographics - the elderly, Catholics, Jews - just aren't warming up to Obama, and they've been the backbone for the party for generations. Liberal bloggers (and Saturday Night Live, and arguably the Washington Post) are responding by suggesting Hillary's supporters are racist; these people may not be so eager to vote for Obama in November as the pundits insist. Once you insult a voter by calling them racist, they may not be eager to meekly repent by doing as their moral betters in the pundit class demand.
Hillary Clinton is still the underdog, and she faces long odds to overcome Obama in the delegate and superdelegate fights. But the fact that anointed-nominee Obama couldn't make any traction in any key demographic in West Virginia ought to keep the superdelegates awake at night. And she will be invigorated by this win; landslide victories tend to do that. The exhausted mainstream media bigfoots tried to end this story one chapter too early.
Wednesday, May 14 at 3:52 PM Ryan wrote ...
I think that there is a racist part of this election.How else can Obama keep on getting 91 and 92% of the black vote.
Wednesday, May 14 at 3:23 PM Joe wrote ...
Obama has received over 16 million votes in the primaries and there have been over 32 million total cast . In 2004 there were a total of 12 million cast for all Dems. Even if some don't turn out for Obama I think there is definitely a desire to get this country going in a different direction, which will not happen with Senator McSame.
Wednesday, May 14 at 1:46 PM CrewCut wrote ...
Obama can win this fall without "West Virginia-style Democrats" -- his team has done a crack job identifying a new demographic coalition that can get him elected -- but can he GOVERN without them on his side? That's a different question, and he has a lot of work to do. P.S. to Charlie: In between your constant railing against "the elites," how are those spots for M&I Wealth Management and wine tasting working out?!? Do you see a little disconnect here on your drive to work from Mequon?
Wednesday, May 14 at 9:10 AM Shane, Wauwatosa wrote ...
Maybe they are racist and if so, there is no Kool-Aid the Obama camp can serve up to get their votes. The reality is Obama is not an unstoppable force. If (hopefully) he loses in November, the superdelegates who handed him the nomination can spend more sleepless nights. Better them than the rest of us if he's in the oval office.
Wednesday, May 14 at 7:34 AM jenni wrote ...
I doubt the majority of these voters are racist, but even if there were, the fact remains they will not turn out for Obama in November. He just has too much baggage and McCain is moderate enough to attract a number of those voters.
Wednesday, May 14 at 6:37 AM Kurt/Elkhorn wrote ...
All the way to Denver & drug kicking & screaming from the convention floor-if she doesn't take it to court over Florida & Michigan-a real possibility. It ain't over 'til it's over, or is it!
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