The (predominantly white) people of West Virginia heeded Hillary’s clarion call to show the world that they will not vote for a black man even if their lives depended on it.
Unfortunately, for them (and for her), Hillary’s 67% to 26% win over Obama did virtually nothing to reduce his overall lead in the delegate count or his momentum towards the Democratic nomination.
Never mind that her redneck strategy – to make it seem as though white people in the rest of the United States will not vote for Obama – is patently flawed. After all, it is belied by the fact that he trounced her in predominantly white (swing) states, like Iowa and Missouri, and ran to a virtual tie with her in many other predominantly white states, like New Hampshire, Virginia and Indiana….
For the record, Obama now has 1,881 of the 2,025 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. Hillary has 1,713.
Meanwhile, if you’re wondering why Obama is not sweating this loss in West Virginia it’s because, when he’s the nominee, he will send Hillary right back to convince those “poor, hard-working white people” that he’s really the second coming of JFK – for whom they retain almost cult-like affection. And by the way, he will send her not as his VP nominee, but as a woman who will be desperately seeking redemption for polarizing the Democratic Party along racial lines during her failed campaign to win the nomination.
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