Will Hillary's "Supporters" vote Democratic?

Bill Clinton's Jesse Jackson reference to Obama's South Carolina victory; Hillary's Lyndon Johnson is the one that made the Civil Rights Bill possible; Geraldine Ferraro's comment that "Obama is beating Hilary because he is Black" (Hilary did not denounce nor refuse Ferraro's donations, was an even greater statement); Andrew Cuomo's "shucking and jiving" remarks; Ed Rendell's unelectable comment that "some Whites will never vote for any Black"; and former Black Entertainment Television owner Bob Johnson agreeing to Ferraro's comment, all bait the race card in their attempts to remind white voters to vote for the white candidate Hillary and not the Black candidate Senator Barack Obama. Normally, making racial code comments come from journalists, talk show hosts, pollers, and demographers. However, when you throw the kitchen sink out of a New York penthouse onto a crowded Madison Avenue, then the ones tossing the kitchen sink do not too much care for other people's livlihoods.



Geraldine Ferraro gets on National Television and accuses Senator Obama of being sexist against Hillary. Ferraro's examples are of Obama wiping and scrugging his shoulders. You may recall at the time when Obama shrugged his shoulder. the Clintons threw "the kitchen sink" at Senator Obama, inclusive of racial attacks. Senator Obama wiping his shoulders meant every bit that the Illinois Senator got through the Clintons "kitchen sink" tactics without losing his voter support and the 'all important' delegate count. Ferraro is the one that stated that the only reason why Senator Obama is doing well in the Democratic Primary campaign is that "he is Black". What was shocking to me immediately following Ferraro's racist statement, Hillary did not denounce nor reject support from Gerraro as I blogged on March 12th http://kirktanter.blogspot.com/2008_03_12_archive.html.





What now will the Hilary supporters do? Fifty percent of the Congressional Black Caucus that supported Hillary, what do they now do? African-American journalists, media hosts, local and state politicians that supported Hillary, what do they do? In a previous blog of mine, I listed over twenty super-delegate African-American Congressional leaders that supported Hilary, whose district voted for Obama (a few have switched allegiance from Hillary to Senator Obama) while there politicians that supported Hilary celebrities, All of these racial remarks come from prominent officials about a Harvard law school graduate that was the first African-American president of Harvard Law Review. Senator Obama was also the first Black male U.S. Senator from Illinois, following successful stints as Illinois State Senator, and coming off of a victorious grassroots Democratic primary campaign that raised over 250-million dollars defeating the heavily favorite, former 16-year First Lady of Governor and President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton. At face value, the aforementioned statements from such notables seem grossly disrespectful.




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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/race-and-west-virginia-ma_b_101675.html



Obama's biggest loss against Hillary is 41%. But Hillary lost Idaho by 62%, Washington D.C. by 52%, the Virgin Islands by over 70%, Kansas and Nebraska by over 40%, and several other competitions by over 35%. Why is West Virginia's margin of loss such a big issue? There is much more media hype here than there is substance. If it weren't for the fact that no other state has their primary this week, WVA would be a complete non-issue.