I pray you are right. Anecdotally, my black family and friends will not accept any outcome in the primaries other than Obama's victory. PERIOD. They will view his loss as a theft of their historic opportunity and a slap in the face.
My biggest fear is the the supers will throw their support to this now mortally wounded candidate in order to forestall open revolution within the party, thus dooming our chances for the WH in November. We have downticket races to consider, they will say, and we need the AA community to turn out so we don't lose Congress or statehouses also.
BTW, I am the sole member of my immediate or extended family supporting Clinton, and I have relatives that actually don't speak to me over this issue.
mortally wounded....?
I am watching an interview with him and he seems perfectly healthy....
It's only doom if you keep crying that it's doom. McCain is a paper tiger.
Yes, McCain is weak. However, the Democratic party has not and cannot win without the reliable monolith that is the black vote. There just aren't enough of the rest of you (actual liberal white people) to make up for the loss.
Actually I shouldn't say you, since I am only half black. I never know which line I'm supposed to be standing in...
You're trying to do away with the social construct that is "race"??
Yep. McCain is very weak and can be beaten easily if the young folk, African-Americans, and liberals & libertarianish waffly Rep/Dems come out strong against him.
I'm black so I'm not the "you" you were referring to.
Okay, so isn't the solution to put him on her ticket?
Sort of a back of the bus deal? Don't think that will solve it and would seem quite insulting actually. If even 10% sit at home swing states are McCains.
