I have heard too often repeated that Obama cannot win working class (whites), it is some fatal flaw in his campaign for the Presidency, and that the national contests have shown this.
Malarkey. Simply untrue.
The media’s repetition of this talking point is willful ignorance of the facts.
Yes - Obama has done very poorly among (whites) in Kentucky and West Virginia. Yet no one is mentioning the very important fact - neither of these states actually matter.
I haven’t seen a map that implies West Virginia or Kentucky are important for an Obama Presidency. In my own mapping, I didn’t even mention the states, and with good reason - he won’t win them. And yeah, it’s because of (white) voters.
But Barack Obama does not have a “problem” with white voters. He doesn’t have a problem with them in the Northeast. He doesn’t have a problem with them in the southwest, northwest, or west coast. He only has a problem with them in portions of the mid west and south.
Obama has opened up double digit leads over McCain in Pennsylvania polls. He is close enough in Ohio that the state should firmly be within reach.
Sure, while Obama can’t put West Virginia in play and perhaps Clinton could, Obama puts other states in play. Virginia, North Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, South Carolina, are all conceivably blue states when Obama is the nominee.
So, somehow suggesting that Obama is a significantly weaker nominee is just factually wrong, and the media needs to start calling out the Clinton campaign on that fact.
Sanity and Pwns
michaelmee
Opinion: Reality Check
Posted by michaelmee on May 21, 2008
I have heard too often repeated that Obama cannot win working class (whites), it is some fatal flaw in his campaign for the Presidency, and that the national contests have shown this.
Malarkey. Simply untrue.
The media’s repetition of this talking point is willful ignorance of the facts.
Yes - Obama has done very poorly among (whites) in Kentucky and West Virginia. Yet no one is mentioning the very important fact - neither of these states actually matter.
I haven’t seen a map that implies West Virginia or Kentucky are important for an Obama Presidency. In my own mapping, I didn’t even mention the states, and with good reason - he won’t win them. And yeah, it’s because of (white) voters.
But Barack Obama does not have a “problem” with white voters. He doesn’t have a problem with them in the Northeast. He doesn’t have a problem with them in the southwest, northwest, or west coast. He only has a problem with them in portions of the mid west and south.
Obama has opened up double digit leads over McCain in Pennsylvania polls. He is close enough in Ohio that the state should firmly be within reach.
Sure, while Obama can’t put West Virginia in play and perhaps Clinton could, Obama puts other states in play. Virginia, North Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, South Carolina, are all conceivably blue states when Obama is the nominee.
So, somehow suggesting that Obama is a significantly weaker nominee is just factually wrong, and the media needs to start calling out the Clinton campaign on that fact.
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