<p>I saw a disturbing stat for Hill earlier. Her support among black women has tanked. Badly.</p>
<p>But her support among Hispanics and Asian voters was pretty strong.</p>
<p>In CA, Asian-Americans have been urged to vote as a bloc for Hillary. The GOTV effort has been pretty big. In other states, they’ve been urged to vote their conscience. This is actually an improvement over previous appeals to defeat Obama. It appears that the advocacy group finally contacted the Obama campaign and got some reassurance (as opposed to speculating that he would favor African-Americans over Asian-Americans). This is where familiarity with Clinton and unwarranted assumptions about Obama were important.</p>
<p>California is very interesting. The Clinton campaign pushed very hard to get the absentee vote early, when the “polls” still had Clinton ahead. I wonder how big an impact that had? The results in California were pretty close. I would imagine that the Obama campaign sees that as a positive.</p>
<p>“It appears that the advocacy group finally contacted the Obama campaign and got some reassurance (as opposed to speculating that he would favor African-Americans over Asian-Americans). This is where familiarity with Clinton and unwarranted assumptions about Obama were important.”</p>
<p>I saw on a ticker yesterday (Fox or CNN) that said a national women’s group have sent out emails stating that Obama is soft on abortion rights. Lots of Lee Atwater tactics being used by Hillary backers.</p>
<p>I just do not understand why people would want to continue Washington and national polarization by following Bush with another Clinton.</p>
<p>Obama should actually ask how Kennedy and Kerry’s support didn’t carry him…wasn’t that suppose to be the kiss of death for her?</p>
<p>no is was not…</p>
<p>I actually think that some thought that those particular endorsements may have been the kiss of death for Obama… </p>
<p>It wasn’t that either. Didn’t help in Massachusetts, but he is still alive. ;)</p>
<p>I’m a little surprised Obama didn’t get more of a bump in MA from the Kennedy/Kerry endorsements.</p>
<p>Endorsements don’t move voters anymore… they were helpful before TV politics but are much less so today </p>
<p>People can see and hear the candidates on TV and make up their own minds in todays world.</p>
<p>I saw a disturbing stat for Hill earlier. Her support among black women has tanked. Badly.</p>
<p>Why is it you think this is a disturbing stat for Hill</p>
<p>post 43… good post we should all read it 3 times.</p>
<p>From politico and NBC News:</p>
<p>"With the delegate count still under way, NBC News said Obama appears to have won around 840 delegates in yesterdays contests, while Clinton earned about 830 give or take a few, Tim Russert, the networks Washington bureau chief, said on the Today show. </p>
<p>The running totals for the two, which includes previous contests and the party officials known as superdelegates, are only about 70 delegates apart, Russert said. </p>
<p>The bottom line is that the two are virtually tied."</p>
<p>Because Dems’ delegates are proportional rather than winner-take-all, I believe that’s true. He won more states, but she won bigger states. Each can claim a victory or sorts.</p>
<p>Exciting!</p>
<p>Well, as corny as this may sound, as a registered Democrat voting in the primary, yesterday was quite a special day. I had a choice to vote for a woman or an African American man. I wasn’t sure I’d ever see that in my lifetime. I did have the opportunity to vote for a woman on a ticket as a Vice Presidential running mate back in the 80’s, but yesterday’s options really made me genuinely smile. Maybe we are making some progress.</p>
<p>Edit:Yes, I am back to staying up late to watch “results.”</p>
<p>I agree. I am a reformed political junkie but now I’ve fallen off the wagon. :)</p>