Barack Obama white voters

Black people and white people are different

July 16, 2008 - The New York Times polled Americans to see what role race is playing in the presidential election. The Times found that (SPOILER ALERT!) blacks have a much higher opinion of Barack Obama than do whites. Break...

Obama not bringing blacks and whites together (his parents excepted)

July 16, 2008 - The New York Times published a poll on Wednesday asserting that Obama's campaign has done little to close the racial divide. Among the findings, more than 80 percent of black voters have a favorable opinion of Mr. Obama compared to 30 percent of white voters. The Obama campaign hit...

From The Room: Obama in Iowa

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Barack Obama sets milestone for number of times we hear the word "milestone"

May 20, 2008 - Barack Obama reached a milestone Tuesday by capturing a majority of pledged delegates. What other, less publicized milestones have we reached by now? 12,549 - number of times John McCain has addressed a crowd of indifferent octogenarians as "my friends" 9,539 - number of comp...

Yes, (West) Virginia, there is a different kind of white person

May 20, 2008 - With his win in Oregon Tuesday night, Barack Obama took a huge step towards becoming the Democratic nominee, claiming a majority of pledged delegates and giving him a virtually insurmountable lead over Hillary Clinton. Interestingly enough, he owes the boost in part to his so-called nemesis: the whi...

Obama not ready to cede white, racist vote to Clinton

May 15, 2008 - Barack Obama's primary loss in West Virginia yesterday was not unexpected, yet his inability to capture the uneducated white vote remains a problem. According to the New York Times, "more than half of the (West Virginia's) Democrats said Mr. Obama did not share their values, and 47 percent...

Obama needs what Hillary (and Asian women) get: white men

April 22, 2008 - The Christian Science Monitor calls them "the holy grail of the final push for votes in Pennsylvania: white male Democrats." In Ohio's primary, Senator Clinton won 58 percent of their vote. One white male, Ron Smith, explained himself to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...