On Jul 4, 2008, at 12:21 AM, Michael Pollak wrote:
> And you're right, it would be 90+% Dem this time no matter who
> won. The supposed point is that this higher than normal percentage
> support in the primary will be the harbinger, if properly worked,
> to a substantially larger black turnout in the main election (and
> thus the possibility of winning a couple of southern states where
> blacks make up a a quarter or a third of the electorate).
But remember that black (and youth) turnout was up no more than other demographic groups'. Dems in general are more fired up.
Just heard my in-laws (whom I love dearly) making amusing excuses for Obama's Barackflip (thank you NY Post) on public financing.
Doug