It’s been astonishing the watch the Clintons utterly destroy the greenhorn from Chicago who had such promise. He’s in the big leagues now, and clearly wasn’t prepared for it. By the time he’s done the man from Hope will have ground the senator of hope into fine powder.
His supporters jumped all over this Bradley Effect coming out of NH... White voters automatically recoiled from charges of racism, especially white dems who are oh so proud of their open-mindedness. Hillary’s speech about MLK was factually accurate, but Obama supporters jumped all over it, saying it was racist. Whether the Clintons might have helped plant these seeds is uncertain, but it’s indisputable they’ve decided that the near-fanatical devotion among some Obama voters can be used to hurt him with white voters. And using it they are. In attempting to defend Obama, and condemn the Clintons, these very supporters have reduced the Candidate of Hope into Just Another Black Candidate. I think it’s kind of sad, in a way. But, ultimately, the choices Obama has made and the behavior of his own supporters is what will allow the Clintons’ divide and conquer strategy to be successful.