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oldpol (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:52 AM Original message |
Racial Attitudes Pose Challenge for Barack Obama |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. that article's title should have been "Some Old White People Are Afraid of Black Man" |
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oldpol (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. remember the Harold Ford US Senate race in Tennessee, that is what I am scared of |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes, but I thought he closed badly, as well. |
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oldpol (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I fully expect Rove & Company to replicate that ad in the South, especially Florida |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. many voting "irregularities" in Tennessee in '06 and there will be more |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. high tech vote stealing is a very real problem for us in many states. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. GA in play but there are some real problems... |
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Carrieyazel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. And what were those miscues? Most Tenn. Dems believed he ran as good a race |
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Carrieyazel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Ford lost by 3 points, not 8. And the 'Playboy Party' ad's role is highly debatable. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. What you said. Precisely. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. It largely depends on whether or not "good whites" allow the rest to get away... |
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oldpol (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. most polls show that there is a diffrence between the polling & how swing voters will actually vote |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. Racial Attitudes? Why not just call it what it is...... |
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oldpol (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. and the Rethug Natl Committee will do everything in their power to fan those racist attitudes |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I believe that's their ace in the hole |
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oldpol (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. but who besides Olberman and Rachel M will call them on it? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. the only way to stop it is to openly discuss the possibility |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. WE will call them on it and in front and in spite of the media. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's one black woman who is not that worried! |
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oldpol (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. you may be right we are so energized that it may not matter |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. "In interviews with 40 Pennsylvanians across three counties" We care about a poll of 40 people? |
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