When A Majority of Delegates Doesn’t Cut It
21 May 2008 9:40 am by Taylor Marsh
BY TAYLOR MARSH
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Math v. Map. Ain’t life a bitch.
The superdelegates are taking anti-acid today. Obama’s delegate lead isn’t cutting it.
Just look at Clinton’s map. Unfortunately, the SuperDs don’t seem to have the guts to do
what they’re in existence to do in the first place, what they need to do to ensure Democrats will win in November: honor Clinton’s
popular vote lead and the strengths of her map to put her over the top, the magic number being 2209, counting Michigan and Florida. Speaking of Florida:
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Florida shows McCain attracting
50% of the vote while Obama earns 40%.
It only gets worse. Check out SUSA’s latest on the general election and North Carolina, which Jerome posted on last night (while I was being interviewed by the Washington Post, who sent a reporter out to spend a couple of days with me for a profile):
McCain 51% – Obama 43%
Clinton 49% – McCain 43%
Another pill popping moment for the SuperDs.
But the real trouble with Obama is that he’s never run a tough race and it’s showing. Not one
in Illinois. His first real test has been against Clinton. And in case you haven’t noticed, Obama hasn’t put many states in the win column since back in February. So the pattern now is if Obama
doesn’t think he can win he doesn’t show up. He doesn’t stand up. He doesn’t
even fight for the votes.
West Virginia. Candidate Obama phoned it in with cash, but the voters didn’t care.
Kentucky. Lots of money, but not the heart to walk in and talk to voters, because he’s already been crowned. Never mind that his math is enough to give any Democrat wanting to win in November indigestion.
Consider these findings from the exit polling:
* Among Kentucky voters living in rural areas or small cities — nearly six
in 10 voters — Clinton took 75 percent to 19 percent.* Among non-college educated whites in Kentucky (66 percent of the electorate),
Clinton won by 44 points — 69 percent to 25 percent.* Among whites with a family income less than $50,000, Clinton received 75
percent of the vote while Obama took just 22 percent.
The thing is that when you don’t respect people
enough to walk in to where they live, talk to them about their troubles and
assure them you get it, they won’t give you their vote. It’s not a black – white thing, it’s a ego thing; as in you think you’re too good for them. People can sense political arrogance a mile away and Obama’s got it in abundance. That’s why if he thinks he’s going to get beat he doesn’t even bother.
This isn’t about race. It’s about ego. Obama’s, that is.
Florida.
Michigan.
Barack Obama refused revotes in both states because he couldn’t win them, while
knowing it would put Hillary ahead. It’s assured that he can’t win Florida in
November. Nobody has been fooled.
Ohio, Pennsylvania said no to Barack Obama too. He didn’t talk their language.
Are we really going to nominate a candidate who is weaker in the very states
we need to win in November? It’s up to the SuperDs, who just popped another pill.
