Black Vote Was VitalBy Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta
Washington Post Staff Writers
Overwhelming support from African American voters fueled Sen. Barack Obama's big win in yesterday's South Carolina Democratic primary.
AFTER SOUTH CAROLINA: CAN OBAMA CAPTURE A WIDER SWATH OF VOTERS?
By Ariel Sabar | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
from the January 28, 2008 edition
The black vote was key to his decisive win Saturday. To be competitive in the Feb. 5 sweepstakes, he'll need a broader coalition of independents, young people, and affluent whites, analysts say.
Intellectual Insurgent said...
The media just can't miss the chance to make this about race or gender. Always trying to chop America up into bite-sized morsels.When Hillary won NH, it was because of female voters. When Obama won SC, it was about Black voters. When Huckabee won whatever it was, it was because of Christian voters. When Romney took Nevada, it was because of the Mormon voters. Yada, yada, yawn...
Tiring, simplistic and unimaginative. It couldn't be that some people like a tough broad who is married to a guy they like. It couldn't be that Obama - for as cookie-cutter as he is on the issues - is pretty darn charming. And with the Republicans, it couldn't be that Huckabee comes off the least insane of the "viable" Republican candidates or that Romney is the best-looking of the lot.
When McCain wins, they don't chalk it up to the Irish Catholic vote. Nope, it has to be race, gender and religion because Mr. Cohen said so.
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The media just can't miss the chance to make this about race or gender. Always trying to chop America up into bite-sized morsels.
When Hillary won NH, it was because of female voters. When Obama won SC, it was about Black voters. When Huckabee won whatever it was, it was because of Christian voters. When Romney took Nevada, it was because of the Mormon voters.
Yada, yada, yawn...
Tiring, simplistic and unimaginative. It couldn't be that some people like a tough broad who is married to a guy they like. It couldn't be that Obama - for as cookie-cutter as he is on the issues - is pretty darn charming. And with the Republicans, it couldn't be that Huckabee comes off the least insane of the "viable" Republican candidates or that Romney is the best-looking of the lot.
When McCain wins, they don't chalk it up to the Irish Catholic vote.
Nope, it has to be race, gender and religion because Mr. Cohen said so.
Everybody wins because of something. It's usually not where they stand on issues! So whats the big bloody deal?
Yes, Anonymous
Everybody wins because of something. It appears the media wishes to portray that "something" is just skin color.
I'd like to think that Americans have the capacity to see beyond simple group identity politics and to vote for candidates that reflect their positions on issues.
you'd like to think....
maybe they do.
maybe they don't.
whatever it is, it's been that way since the beginning of this bloody farce. so really, why bother? have little fun with it since - as you have mentioned dozens of time - it's mostly entertainment.
the media will say what they have always said, because it is run by the people who have always run it.
I watched, cheered, high-fived The Man and then went on to something that really mattered.
Incredibly insightful II. Thanks! You've opened my perspective a little more, as you usually do.
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