A funny thing happened on the way to the wife of America's first black president being coronated: more than twice as many African-Americans voted for "Mr. Uncommitted" as Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in Tuesday's Michigan primary.
Clearly, the recent racial sparring between the Clintons and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has not helped Hillary in the black community.
As reported by the Atlantic's Marc Ambinder:
Exit polls show backlash against Hillary Clinton among black voters... Almost 70% of black voters in the Dem sample chose uncommitted and only 25% chose Clinton. (She's leading overall -- beating uncommitted by, like, 40 points)... Remember: Michigan's Dem primary doesn't matter b/c Clinton's name is the only one on the ballot and there are no delegates, but one can read these numbers as a sign of trouble for her among black voters.
Michigan Live reported early Wednesday morning (emphasis added):
As election returns came in Tuesday, it was clear to a group gathered to support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in downtown Grand Rapids their push to get voters to check "uncommitted" resonated in West Michigan, if not statewide.
Sen. Hillary Clinton won Michigan's Democratic primary with 55 percent of the vote, and 40 percent voting uncommitted.
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NBC News exit polling found 73 percent of uncommitted voters favored Obama with 17 percent saying they backed Edwards.
Backing that up, precincts with predominantly black voters in Grand Rapids -- as in Detroit -- overwhelmingly voted uncommitted. In Grand Rapids, "uncommitted" beat Clinton in almost every precinct in the city's diverse 3rd Ward.
The big question moving forward is how much attention mainstream media will give to Mr. Uncommitted's success with black voters in Michigan, and, will they report some other not so Hillary-favorable results from this primary such as:
- Mr. Uncommitted did very well with young voters edging out Hillary in the 18-24-year-old demographic 48 to 44%
- Mr. Uncommitted beat Hillary 49 to 47% with high-income earners
- Mr. Uncommitted fared better with voters as their level of education increased. Amongst college graduates, the vote was virtually tied at Hillary 47 and Uncommitted 46%. With no degree, Hillary won 60 to 36%. Those with a post-graduate degree favored Uncommitted 50 to 44%
- Independents favored Mr. Uncommitted over Hillary by a margin of 51 to 37%
Of course, the major media outlets will be sure to share all this information with their patrons.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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Do you think that if HRC
January 16, 2008 - 10:08 ET by vrwc13Do you think that if HRC alienates the black voters enough, yet still wins the dem nomination, the black voters will "turn" on HRC and vote for the Republican?
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just wondering...
I doubt that
January 16, 2008 - 10:12 ET by Adam_MEBut they may stay home and not vote at all.
If HRC is the nominee, you can count on...
January 16, 2008 - 10:35 ET by Prester John....the DNC producing the most vile race baiting advertisements we've ever seen. Without the standard 90% of the black vote the Dem nominee always receives HRC won't have a chance.
Count on seeing advertisements that make the 2000 Byrd ad in Texas and the 1998 burning churches ad in Missouri look like child's play.
Not in Michigan
January 16, 2008 - 11:07 ET by PamI can only speak for MI in the general election..the Democrats are rightfully mad at our Governor and Hillary...Their votes were used as a political pawn in the primary, and that is not sitting well...I can see them sitting home for the general election. 40% of a state left their homes and went to a polling station and voted for basically no one as opposed to her!
→ Pam
January 16, 2008 - 11:10 ET by Cool ArrowI wonder if that means there are more "should be committed" than "uncommitted" in Mich.
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But they may stay home and
January 16, 2008 - 12:39 ET by motherbeltBut they may stay home and not vote at all.
I seriously doubt that; it is Republicans who either stay home or vote third party if their candidate isn't the "chosen one." When push comes to shove, blacks will bite the bullet, hold their noses and vote for the Democrat nominee.
→ vrwc13
January 16, 2008 - 10:15 ET by Cool ArrowI really don't think Hillary has a prayer of maintaining this demographic now that Obama is viewed as a viable candidate.
I think voters are looking for the flimsiest excuses to back out of their early commitment to Hillary.
Look at how "shut out" Al and Jesse are right now from the Obama camp. They are scared shiftless their following will catch a case of self esteem.
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I'm wondering if the
January 16, 2008 - 10:24 ET by Hero SquadI'm wondering if the Democrats alienated some Democrats and independent voters by taking away the state's delegates as punishment for moving its primary earlier.
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I think it was during FNC's
January 16, 2008 - 10:43 ET by BruzillaI think it was during FNC's coverage that a reporter went out a university in Michigan and was talking to a student coordinator about how they were telling instate students for vote uncommitted, and for out of state students to vote for Obama in their home state. The reporter asked this kid why they were doing that, and the kid after some him/hawing said "well... we just don't want Clinton." His tone of voice made it sound like he was trying to tell someone a secret or something they're not supposed to talk about, and I got a real laugh out of it.
And as a BTW... he said they were advising students who wanted to vote indy or Republican to vote for... McCain. Big shocker there. Imagine a political coordinator for a liberal college saying "if you gotta vote Republican, vote for McCain!" Who would ever think such a thing could happen?
This thread is missing something, Noel
January 16, 2008 - 10:43 ET by OldSailor88I have read this thread twice, and I still don't see it.
I want my "delicious", and I want it NOW!
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→ Sailor
January 16, 2008 - 10:47 ET by Cool ArrowI think he must have delegated to a ghostwriter. I'm not seeing the signature line either.
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OS88
January 16, 2008 - 10:51 ET by Noel SheppardOS88,
Sorry. It's early here...my tastebuds must still be asleep. :-) ns
Face It.
January 16, 2008 - 10:58 ET by okiehawk44Let's face it. With the growing latin population and with illegals becoming legal and voting, this is the last time a black candidate will be able to secure the Democratic nomination for president. Frank Luntz' focus group in Las Vegas last night on FOX had a hispanic voter who came oh so close to making that crystal clear to all listening. Hispanics do not carry the same "guilt luggage" that European-Americans have lugged around for years regarding slavery etc. Obama is a better (make that a much better) candidate than Jesse Jackson or any other African-American candidate has ever been, and he would surely make a more formidable candidate than Mrs. Clinton (aka wife of the 1st and only Black President according to Toni Morrison). I believe many registered Republicans will vote for Obama especially if he is running against McCain or Huck.
→ okie cuts thru the BS
January 16, 2008 - 11:06 ET by Cool ArrowThere is a growing group of voters ready to "get it over with" and shatter the onyx ceiling just to be done with that Jackson/Sharpton albatross.
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Hawk, there are a bunch of
January 16, 2008 - 13:19 ET by MikeBHawk, there are a bunch of whites (I certainly hope the majority of us) who have no guilt over slavery. I never owned a slave. I never trafficked in slaves. Neither my parents or grandparents owned slaves. And, as my paternal ancestors were d*mn Yankees, I doubt seriously any of them on back owned slaves. Slavery ended over 90 years before I was born. Why should I have any guilt about it? I also do not owe the descendants of former slaves any money for anything that happened long before I was born.
Eventually there might be a black President. Eventually there will be a woman President. And, eventually there will be an Hispanic President. But I will not vote for Obama or Hillary, nor would have voted for Richardson for that Presidency, as they all are Socialists to a great or greater degree. In Hillary's case, she is an out and out Communist.
Especially when it comes to candidates for office I am color blind. I look at how the candidate stands on the issues. For that reason, I would like to see a Hunter/Thompson or Thompson/Hunter ticket for the Presidency on the Republican side. Zell Miller would be acceptable to me on the Democrat side.
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Of all the racism talk...
January 16, 2008 - 11:07 ET by WildBillIt makes me wonder (seeing as everytime a dem makes an accusation, it's something THEY are doing instead), are blacks voting and exit polling for Obama because of his race? We know how racist Oprah is, but what about blacks voting for a candidate because he's black. Seems rather racist to me! And don't tell me those voters are voting on the issues, cause Hussein and Billary both waffle and obscure their view on everything.
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Hillary's next move
January 16, 2008 - 11:13 ET by candanceSoon the Clinton campaign will leak word to the press that Barack Obama eats babies. That'll cook him for sure!
Obama ATE babies
January 16, 2008 - 11:56 ET by Jack Bauercandance... well there is a British candy called JELLY BABIES which were available in Kenya, being a British colony...
And Obama quite possibly had them from his Kenyan dad, and this was reported by his Kindergarten teacher.
So technically Clinton may be able to back up her claim that Obama did indeed EAT BABIES, whilst expressing a desire to be President!
No doubt
January 16, 2008 - 12:05 ET by celatorNo doubt that's been discussed, For sure, the Clinton goons are desparately searching for the chink in Barack's armor that will cause him to fall off his horse. So far, no luck for them.
The fun part of all this is watching the MSM is getting all tangled up in their underwear trying to figure out how to play the Clinton/Barack drama. MSM has cast the campaign as a political American Idol competition with precious little substantive discussion--mostly sound bites-- of the deeper issues--illegal immigration, the economy etc.
Democrats a seething iceberg of racist feelings
January 16, 2008 - 11:19 ET by Jack BauerConservatives can be forgiven for a warm feeling of schadenfreude (basically the elitists' word for 'gotcha') over the seething subtext of racism engulfing the Democrats.
From the New York Times here's a heart-warming non-diversity story. The words "racism" and "racist" are never mentioned, But then, this isn't a story about whites and blacks, but brown and blacks!
By the way, the euphemism "not ready for a person of color" is Latino and Times code for...
"hey homes, we're racist but we get a pass cos were not considered 'white'!"
Notice how the Democrat(ic)
January 16, 2008 - 12:08 ET by Roger the ShrubberNotice how the Democrat(ic) race is about group versus group? Why is the Left so obsessed with groups and victimhood?
Also, the Michigan vote tallies ironically show that Hillary voters should be committed.
I won't even touch on the 25,000 retards who voted for Kucinich and Gravel.
Why is the Left so
January 16, 2008 - 12:27 ET by Jack BauerClassic Marxist-Leninism. Only then it was the bourgeoisie, the lumpen-proletariat and the proleteriat. They are not obsessed with them -- it's just a nasty tactic.
Mix in vicious class and race-baiters like agit-propogandist Saul Alinsky (both Clinton's and Obama's hero, fact.)
And there you have the template.
Why is the Left so obsessed
January 16, 2008 - 12:44 ET by motherbeltWhy is the Left so obsessed with groups and victimhood?
Because by dividing people into many subgroups they pit them against each other. That way, each group feels "beset" by other groups, and believes that it is too small to have any power of its own. Therefore, the liberals ride and say follow "us" and WE will be your champion and take care of ALL of you (as individual groups).