I think that whomever gets the Dem Nomination will pull the support of the other's base come election day simply because the people that are willing to vote for Clinton and Obama just aren't down with the guys running on the Repub side.
I'm down for Obama and I am down for Clinton because I don't think they're really drastically different all the rhetoric aside. I'm throwing a vote to Obama for the Texas Primary but I'll vote for Clinton if she gets the nod. I can deal with Hillary a lot better than I can deal with Romney,Huckabee,or McCain. People used to ask me to speculate about Presidential elections because I am politically minded. I try not to predict because I am not good at it but I would always say, "I don't know who's gonna win but I do know this for sure, after the election a rich white man is gonna be running this country." I can't say that this year and I gotta tell you if nothing else the possibility of that change makes me more driven to vote and participate than I have been in years. Bosco --- "B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > She may win the nomination but I have a feeling Obama's coalition > won't support her in a general election. The Clintons' tactics have > > left a bad taste in lot of black folks mouths and the younger > voters > and independents will stay away. > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly > Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > How Clinton Will WIn The Nomination By Losing South Carolina > > > > How Clinton Will WIn The Nomination By Losing South Carolina > > By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann > > Wednesday, January 23, 2008 > > > > Hillary Clinton will undoubtedly lose the South Carolina primary > as > > African-Americans line up to vote for Barack Obama. And that > defeat > will > > power her drive to the nomination. > > > > The Clintons are encouraging the national media to disregard the > whites > > who vote in South Carolinaâs Democratic primary and focus on > the > black > > turnout, which is expected to be quite large. They have > transformed > > South Carolina into Washington, D.C. �" an all-black primary > that > tells > > us how the African-American vote is going to go. > > > > By saying he will go door to door in black neighborhoods in South > > > Carolina matching his civil rights record against Obamaâs, Bill > > Clinton > > emphasizes the pivotal role the black vo te will play in the > contest. > > And by openly matching his record on race with that of the black > > candidate, he invites more and more scrutiny focused on the race > issue. > > > > Of course, Clinton is going to lose that battle. Blacks in Nevada > > > overwhelmingly backed Obama and will obviously do so again in > South > > Carolina, no matter how loudly former President Clinton protests. > > So why > > is he making such a fuss over a contest he knows heâs going to > lose? > > > > Precisely because he is going to lose it. If Hillary loses South > > Carolina and the defeat serves to demonstrate Obamaâs ability > to > attract > > a bloc vote among black Democrats, the message will go out loud > and > > clear to white voters that this is a racial fight. Itâs one > thing > for > > polls to show, as they now do, that Obama beats Hillary among > > African-Americans by better than 4-to-1 and Hillary carries > whites > by > > almost 2-to-1. But most people donât read the fine print on the > > polls. > > But if blacks deliver South Carolina to Obama, everybody will > know > that > > they are bloc-voting. That will trigger a massive whi te backlash > > > against Obama and will drive white voters to Hillary Clinton. > > > > Obama has done everything he possibly could to keep race out of > this > > election. And the Clintons attracted national scorn when they > tried > to > > bring it back in by attempting to minimize the role Martin Luther > > King > > Jr. played in the civil rights movement. But here they have a way > > of > > appearing to seek the black vote, losing it, and getting their > white > > backlash, all without any fingerprints showing. The more > President > > Clinton begs black voters to back his wife, and the more they > spurn > her, > > the more the election becomes about race �" and Obama ultimately > > loses. > > > > Because they have such plans for South Carolina, the Clintons > were > > desperate to win in Nevada. They dared not lose two primaries in > a > row > > leading up to Florida. But now they can lose South Carolina with > > impunity, having won in Nevada. > > > > But donât look for them to walk away from South Carolina. Their > > love > > needs to appear to have been unrequited by the black community > for > their > > rejection to seem so unfair that it triggers a white backlash. In > > this > > kind of ricochet politics, you have to lose openly and publicly > in > order > > to win the next round. And since the next round consists of all > the > > important and big states, polarizing the contest into whites > versus > > blacks will work just fine for Hillary. > > > > Of course, this begs the question of how she will be able to > attract > > blacks after beating Obama. Here the South Carolina strategy also > > serves > > its purpose. If she loses blacks and wins whites by attacking > Obama, it > > will look dirty and underhanded to blacks. Sheâll develop a > real > problem > > in the minority community. But if she is seen as being rejected > by > > minority voters in favor of Obama after going hat in hand to them > > and > > trying to out-civil rights Obama, blacks will even likely feel > guilty > > about rejecting Hillary and will be more than willing to support > her in > > the general election. > > > > Morris, a former political adviser to Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) > and > > President Bill Clinton, is the author of Condi vs. Hillary: The > Next > > Great Presidential Race. > > > http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/DickMorrisandEileenMcGann/2008/01/2 > 3/how_clinton_will_win_the_nomination_by_losing_south_carolina > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
