When the CW is wrong

[ProSense]

*** When the CW is wrong: Remember when we heard from Hillary Clinton supporters at the tail end of the Democratic primary season that Obama would have a difficult time winning Florida and Ohio, and would struggle with Hispanics, Jews, and white working-class voters? Well, he won Florida and Ohio; he beat McCain 2-to-1 among Hispanics; he did better with Jews (winning then 78%-21%) than John Kerry did in 2004 (74%-25%); and he essentially matched Kerry’s performance among working-class whites. So what did we learn here: that primary results and exit polls aren’t necessarily good predictors about what will happen in the general election. Interestingly, this CW was driven a bit by the McCain campaign. One wonders if they sat back during the end of the Democratic primary and over-analyzed it, forgetting that 90-95% of those voters who voted in the Dem primary contests were DEMOCRATS! And they weren't likely to vote for a Republican under just about any circumstance. Did the McCain campaign chase voters that they never had a shot at? Could be...

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1. The cons had hopes that americans were just as racist as they are. American

racist's are no longer a majority in this country. Yes we can.

[unpossibles]

2. exactly! they think everything they do, we do!

Which is why they accuse of hating America and cheating in elections.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. I wouldn't call that conventional wisdom.

The arguments that Obama wouldn't win Jews, or New York and California for that matter, was never conventional wisdom.

It was always patently absurd.

[ProSense]

4. It was the conventional wisdom, but

only because that's the term for the MSM's spin. I agree with you, it's neither conventional or wisdom, it's absurd.

[ProSense]

5. Obama won PA by 11 points

That was close. :sarcasm: