Comments on: Sabato’s Crystal Ball: DOES OBAMA HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHITE VOTERS? http://themoderatevoice.com/21138/sabatos-crystal-ball-does-obama-have-a-problem-with-white-voters/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 14:15:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/21138/sabatos-crystal-ball-does-obama-have-a-problem-with-white-voters/comment-page-1/#comment-151193 DLS Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:39:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/democratic-party/21138/sabatos-crystal-ball-does-obama-have-a-problem-with-white-voters/#comment-151193 Obama's most cult-like supporters are progressive whites, and young whites.<br><br>There might be some racist objection to him as a candidate among some, but most are opposed to him for political or partisan reasons, the same as why they would normally oppose Hillary Clinton, not because she is a woman. Obama's most cult-like supporters are progressive whites, and young whites.

There might be some racist objection to him as a candidate among some, but most are opposed to him for political or partisan reasons, the same as why they would normally oppose Hillary Clinton, not because she is a woman.

]]> By: Don Quijote http://themoderatevoice.com/21138/sabatos-crystal-ball-does-obama-have-a-problem-with-white-voters/comment-page-1/#comment-151192 Don Quijote Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:25:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/democratic-party/21138/sabatos-crystal-ball-does-obama-have-a-problem-with-white-voters/#comment-151192 Since Reconstruction there have only been <a href="www.startribune.com/politics/1648036.html">three African-American Governors (Wilder, Patrick & Patterson)</a>, <a href="http://texasliberal.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/three-black-us-senators-since-reconstruction-who-why-so-few/">three African-American Senators ( Brooke, Mosley-Brown & Obama )</a> and <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=8DqIJ1JOKn0C&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=black+congressman+since+reconstruction+white+district&source=web&ots=s-faLAoNGA&sig=YsCk9mw-v2vBmXf09ONZaYmL9tU&hl=en">only 35 of 6667 elections in white majority US House districts have provided black winners since l966, and most of those were in unusually liberal districts.</a><br><br>Has Bush screwed the pooch badly enough that people will overlook race? <br><br>Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results Since Reconstruction there have only been three African-American Governors (Wilder, Patrick & Patterson), three African-American Senators ( Brooke, Mosley-Brown & Obama ) and only 35 of 6667 elections in white majority US House districts have provided black winners since l966, and most of those were in unusually liberal districts.

Has Bush screwed the pooch badly enough that people will overlook race?

Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results

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