What To Watch For In Tonight’s Democratic Primary
April 22nd, 2008 by joe
Why I am watching the CNN broadcast with a moderate level of enjoyment, besides the sparkling statesmanship and soaring rhetoric:
An hour ago Hillary had an 8% lead; now with about 85% of precincts reporting she has a 10% lead and the trend is going toward 12% in the next few minutes.
Heh. Chaos, you have to love it.
UPDATE: Blame it on white people.
More on that emerging theme, here.
Well, they do comprise about 65% of the electorate, so I guess you can blame most everything on them.
But much as I hate to be responsible for Democratic activists learning the right lessons about anything, I feel compelled to note that the reason Barack Obama got walloped in Pennsylvania likely has less to do with the fact he is black than with the fact that he is so comfortable among people who hate America.
Exhibit 1. Exhibit 2. Exhibit 3.
UPDATE II: Looks like she is having trouble extending beyond a 200,000 vote lead. That’s a big lead, but with 94% reporting she really needs to step it up, dagnabit.
UPDATE III: Jeffrey Toobin on CNN just now: “This is the train wreck scenario.”
UPDATE IV: Oh, and also Exhibit 4. Ya think having a completely warped, elitist world view might have something to do with the thumping? Plenty of voters “cling” to religion, last I heard, some of them not in the least bit bitter.
UPDATE V: With 99% of precincts reporting, it looks like Clinton wins by 10%. Right now it’s actually about 9.8%. That’ll do - it’s a 214,000 vote advantage. A big part of the story when the “electability” question comes up will be the clobbering she put on Obama in so many Pennsylvania counties. She beat him soundly among church-goers and massively among Catholics. She should be in the race until August if she can just resist the urge to make up easily disprovable stories. A tall order, I grant you.
UPDATE VI: Did anyone notice Ron Paul got 16% of the vote in the Republican primary, to Huckabee’s 11%. (and McCain’s 72%). I guess Paul just peaked too darn late.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 6:41 am
10% I wonder if “operation chaos” is to blame?
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:00 am
I’m not surprised re: Update VI. I was just up there and there were tons of Paul signs everywhere. More than any others.
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:19 am
“blame it on white people”
Of course, play the race card. Never mind that Obama is an inexperienced, shallow elitist, must be that whites don’t like him simply because he is black.
All of this while Omama’s team make an issue of McCain’s age…
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Hillary needs to send Rush Limbaugh a box of Cubans. Talking heads and pundits of all strips told us 10 % or better, or pack it in. The show goes on.
She can thank Rush for 3 to 4 % and Barrack for 5% having pissed off every person in the state who uses a bible as their bench rest.
Only in America can a shrill unlikable liberal policy wonk beat up on a leftist empty suit with the help of a conservative radio talk show host.
What a country.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Heard on the radio tonight the voting splits :
White voters
60% Clinton 40% Obama
Black voters
10% Clinton 90% Obama
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 pm
dan,
Heard that also. The shame of it is is that negro voters will most always go democrat (something for nothing) but with a negro democrat in the race, that is like double down. The chance of having the past somehow rectified seems to be a motivater. I don’t think that it will be much different in the other states coming up. This is nothing more than a “novelty” election. None of them are qualified to deliver my newspaper!
April 24th, 2008 at 9:32 am
ACT,
Ironic that the black vote has chosen to tie themselves to the Democratic Party ball and chain isn’t it ?
April 25th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I caught this news blurb tonight :
“Barack Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe says racists are probably going to vote for John McCain in November if Obama is the Democratic presidential nominee.”
Is he saying Rev. Wright and those like him will be voting for McCain ?
April 26th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Well, considering that >90% of Blacks vote for Obama, and the Whites are almost evenly split, it’s pretty clear who the racists are.