OMG!!! 96% of the black vote!!! Holy Guacamole!!

[MADem]

17. No--that was a waste of time. Really. He hauled an entourage

hither and yon, to crowds that were heavily seeded with non-HBCU attendees (you could tell by their complexions, frankly), and it was a waste of his time and money. Hotels and meals and planes don't come cheap. He would have been better off strategically deploying some of those surrogates to GOTV the youth vote elsewhere and striking out on his own with one or two locals to hand-hold him through events and some immediate staff to whip him from venue to venue.

Problem is, I don't think either West or Belafonte do much for the youth vote these days. And I don't think they appeal to the older voters much, either--at least not the ones in SC, because neither of them have been very kind to Obama.

Killer Mike is his best asset in that "youth vote" regard, and he has niche appeal, himself.

Churches are very willing to hear from all sorts--thing is, you don't wait to be invited. If you wait, you'll be waiting all year. You have to approach the pastors, and ask, politely.

He probably didn't think it through when he attached himself at the hip to Prof. West, who has said some pretty ugly things about the sitting POTUS who is quite beloved in many corners of that state. We sort of saw that when Ben Jealous dragged him to that pot luck and he got a subdued reception. They weren't hostile, but they certainly weren't enthused to see him. It was a bit cringeworthy.

SC didn't give him (I was going to say much, but that's not accurate) ANY bang for his buck.

It just wasn't a good day for him.

I honestly didn't think he'd get what it seems like he got out of that state. I am surprised he didn't do a bit better. I believed that HRC would win, based on ground game, endorsements, the make-up of the population, the motivation of the older voting bloc, and things of that nature, but I did think BS would do better than he did.