Democrats Are Conflicted Over Black Vote, Obama

[pstokely]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704127904575544401386017906.html

ST. LOUIS—Democrats say it is critical that they turn out African American voters this November. But for Robin Carnahan, the party's nominee for Senate in Missouri, that is proving to be a tricky proposition.

The key to energizing black voters is to persuade them that sending Democrats to Washington is important to President Barack Obama, strategists say. The Democratic National Committee plans to increase an ad campaign targeting black voters here and elsewhere to $3 million. A radio ad mentions Mr. Obama four times. An ad running in African American newspapers says simply: "Stand with President Obama..''

Yet, Ms. Carnahan is keeping a distance from the president and Democratic leaders.

[Telalim]

1. I'm conflicted too

Some of these quoted people in the article are a joke. I think Obama's tribal comments were a mistake. So is the SEIU focusing on "Obama the person" and not "Obama and his agenda". Focusing on the person is code for "he's black, he's one of yours". That type of overt race-polarization is doomed to fail in a majority white state. For every black voter that might be leveraged at the polls, there will be three or four white voters, who will say, "If blacks support Carnaham only because she backs one of "their" own, then I'm going to vote for Blunt".

Such a strategy might work properly in a majority black congressional district, but it opens up way too many cans of worms for state-wide races.

The democratic party must stay away from black/mexican/ versus white. Stay on corporate greed, war spending, inequitable distribution of wealth, etc. But stay away from, "Vote for me because I'm black".

[angee_is_mad]

2. how about vote for me cause I'm not a RACIST?

probably don't like that one neither.

[akbacchus_BC]

4. Are you running? I'd vote for you.

[akbacchus_BC]

5. Troll!

[butterfly77]

6. The same people who

look at everything he does through the prism of race. So I wonder what they think everyone who are not cauasian were thinking all of these years when they were voting for whites.

Should theu believe that all white candidates are only looking out for whites if they say they are one of theirs. So everytime a white candidate or media talking head says some shit like that maybe someone should bring up they are looking out for theirs and we cauasians are the only ones to be elected.

[akbacchus_BC]

3. Just for your edification, blacks have always voted Democrat. What

you think have changed? Blacks will be voting in the mid-terms unless they get disenfranchised!

[bemildred]

7. Right, WSJ is such an expert on blacks and Democrats and stuff.

When have they ever lied? When have they ever been wrong?

The OP is drool. Full of "experts" and "appears to" and other such shit.

[Tippy]

8. K&R.....One would have think her daddy would have taught her better......

But possibly she just thought she knew better...hell she is losing for the same reason others may lose.....Where do people think the name Democratic Party came from? It's called a party because...whats the use..you can lead a horse to water but he won't drink unless he is thristy...The teabaggers and the news media have them all scared to death....Obama is in fact the leader of our party, a candidate who distances himself or herself from the leader is a dam fool for buying into the teabagger/republicans bag of shit.... Mel Carnahand is probably rolling over in his grave....