April 22, 2008

Obama’s Real Problem

Obama has consistently done poorly with key constituencies of the Democratic Party: union members, Hispanics, wage earners making less than $50,000 a year, and older females. They don’t want Obama as their nominee and they stubbornly won’t fall in line.
In primary after primary these core groups have voted against Obama. Even in his home state, Hispanic voters backed him with a slim majority of 52 percent.
These groups vote against Obama despite the math that says he has the nomination.
They vote against him though he is outspending Hillary by 3 to 1 in states like Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
They vote against Obama even though the media talking heads seem to overwhelmingly favor him.

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