All the hand-wringing about Barrack's supposed inability to connect with white working-class voters is making me macadamian. Maca-friggin-damian. The predominant meme seems to be, how in hell will our black candidate win over those pesky racist Reagan dems?
What I don't understand is why no one from Obama's campaign, the MSM, or even here seems to be making this fairly obvious point: Two very well liked candidates have lasted almost to the end of the primary. When has that happened in recent memory? Much less in the 24-hour-news-youtube-netroots era?
It's just not about racism all that much--I honestly believe that. It's about loyalty and the uniquely competitive primary we had this year. They both have deeply loyal bases of support; they both enjoy the extra-passionate devotion of identity blocks (blacks, youth, progressives for him; women and Clintonistas for her).
Believe me--the Hillbots will come around, even if she never does...