Quote:
Originally Posted by Bucco
"If there’s anything close to a political certainty in 2012, it’s that Barack Obama will get more than 90 percent of the African-American vote"
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/62284.html
What is interesting is the turn of a phrase in this sentence...
"“You can spend a lot of time trying to win over white independents, but if you don’t pay attention to your base, African-Americans, if you have not locked up your base yet, you’ve got a serious problem,” said CNN contributor Roland Martin."
I was struck by the phrase calling HIS BASE to be African Americans ,,,also found it interesting that he WILL get the 90% no matter what....would appear that the vote will be based on something other than who is best.
"But that doesn’t mean every black Obama supporter will vote for him happily — nor does it guarantee that turnout will approach the stratospheric levels of 2008, even though Obama needs a huge showing from his base to offset the expected loss of swing voters in states like North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania."
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I am sorry to say but this is a logical progression for blacks, asians and hispanics
The population is shifting and whites are becoming a minority. The day will come that this will cause whites to vote for white just to hold some political power (voice) It would be naive to think otherwise. This is no different than that of the 1900's when Irish voted for Irish, etc. Every ethnic group fought for political power some more overtly than others