Ugly Situtation For Clinton
I mentioned last night that the Michigan win for Hillary Clinton – running unopposed – was potentially bad news. CNN is reporting that the win might be more than bad news – it could be disastrous.
Even so, roughly 70 percent of Michigan’s African-American voters — a group that makes up a quarter of Michigan’s Democratic electorate — did not cast their votes for Clinton, choosing the “uncommitted” option instead. Yet these voters weren’t uncommitted at all: in fact, according to CNN exit polls, they overwhelmingly favored Barack Obama, whose name did not appear on the ballot.
Had Obama’s name been on the Michigan ballot, CNN exit polls show that he would have won an overwhelming 73 percent of the African-American vote, in contrast to 22 percent who say they would have voted for Clinton under those circumstances. If South Carolina’s large African-American community votes as Michigan’s, Hillary may not be feeling much ‘southern hospitality’ in that state.
Much is being made in other news about how much the candidates in the Democratic debate were playing nice and backing away from all the ruckus of the last week or so. But really, how much damage has already been done at this point? The Michigan results may indicate that too much has already occurred.
By K T Cat, January 16, 2008 @ 7:54 am
Go read blackprof.com and then come back and post.
By feeblemind, January 16, 2008 @ 8:27 am
KT Cat: I visited blackprof.com. I did not see anything there that would cause Gaius to change his post. Perhaps you could be more specific for the benefit feeble minded here at the Crabitat?
By Mockin'bird, January 16, 2008 @ 3:16 pm
Perhaps, if Mrx. Clinton were to apply some …makeup like John Kerry did during his campaign, that might work. And’ she should remembah to use the ‘bama accent.
By martian, January 16, 2008 @ 3:28 pm
The disturbing thing I’m noting here and in the other primaries and caucuses is that a large number of black voters are voting for Obama. This is not a problem if they truly believe he is the best candidate because of his stands on the issues. However, numbers this large tend to indicate that at least a significant portion are voting for him for the sole reason that he is black. If that is the case, it is as bad as voting AGAINST him because he is black. It is voting on the basis of race. Whether it is for or against a candidate it is wrong. And it is just as wrong as those people who are supporting Hillary simply because she is a woman and for no other reason.
By Charles Quarles, January 16, 2008 @ 7:33 pm
Mockin’bird,
That accent the Hildebeest used in Selma was a Mississippi Delta accent, Arkansawyer style
. She can’t speak ‘bama.
By K T Cat, January 17, 2008 @ 7:51 am
how much damage has already been done at this point?
Blackprof is a great example of the intellectual underpinnings of identity politics. They look for every example of racism and never post contraindications. That’s poor science, but marvelous demagoguery. How much damage has been done? Well, the people at blackprof don’t need you at all to do any damage. All you have to do is exist and hint that you might oppose any of their ideas. They do the damage for you and then blame you as soon as you provide a catalyst for the blame. The only way to prevent this is to go all Mitt Romney on them and utter nothing but platitudes and cliches. The instant you get into specifics that disagree with them, you’re dead.
The Clintons should have avoided this like the plague. A lot of damage has been done, at least for the primaries. Just look at what happened in Michigan.