I could not care less about Barack Obama being black.
Voters in South Carolina do care, a lot.
At least that's what the results in the primary reveal.
WASHINGTON -- Landslide margins among black voters powered Barack Obama to his win Saturday in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, allowing him to overcome the telling edge Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards had among whites.
Blacks made up 55 percent of the voters in Saturday's contest, slightly more than turned out in the state's primary four years ago and by far their biggest share in any presidential contest so far this year. Obama won 78 percent of their votes, with black men and women supporting the Illinois senator by about that same margin, according to exit polls of Democratic voters conducted Saturday for The Associated Press and the networks.
...Highlighting the decisive role race played in Saturday's voting, eight in 10 of Obama's votes came from blacks. About six in 10 of Clinton's and nearly all of Edwards' came from whites.
...Racial attitudes were also in play in voters' perceptions of how effective the candidates would be if elected. Whites were far likelier to name Clinton than Obama as being most qualified to be commander in chief, likeliest to unite the country and most apt to capture the White House in November. Blacks named Obama over Clinton by even stronger margins — two- and three-to one — in all three areas.
The South Carolina primary was a race decided by race.
Apparently, Democrats aren't colorblind.
And it's clear that while Bill Clinton may have been the first black President, Hillary is not considered the first black Co-President. I guess voters don't buy the notion that her years in the White House should count on her own political résumé.
I don't think she even gets credit for being the first black First Lady.
In sum--
Obama is black.
Hillary is white.
That shouldn't matter.
Both are green.
That should matter tremendously when it comes to choosing the next president.
3 comments:
Is it possible a majority of Black voters are choosing Obama because they believe he is the best qualified candidate? Of course people are going to be drawn to him initially because he is of the same race -- and that is true to for all races -- but then he has to deliver. If I am Black or White, or Purple, for that matter, I am going to vote for the candidate I want running the country.
Obama being Black does not automatically give him the "Black vote" whatever that is... Not among thinking people. Nor does it necessarily mean he will vote "Black" (whatever that means) when he is in office. Geez, I can't wait until we have an Asian transgendered Episcopalian candidate. Issues, people, vote the issues!
Don't be naive. Obama garnered 78% of the black vote in South Carolina.. because he is black, end of story. It has nothing to do with any careful consideration of issues or anything else. The only thing that South Carolina illustrated is that white liberal Democrats are trying to be indifferent to race, but the blacks in the party couldn't give a hoot about that agenda. Its a mistake for liberal whites to think that just because they've become a fan of diversity that other groups might suddenly fail to act race conscious.
The liberal media should be embarrassed for drooling over Obama's race and Hillary's gender.
IT'S HISTORIC!
Both Obama and Hillary talk about making history.
Issues? What issues?
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