Patterson had no chance of winning before, but if he’s opposing Bambi, he might. Remember when JJ (Jesse Jackson) said he wanted to rip Obama’s n*tz off?
That was because Obama was intruding on black Dem territory and his white handlers had enabled this. There are a lot of lousy black Dem pols that I completely despise — but who are PO’ed at having this foreign born half-white Muslim Marxist take over their show.
I haven’t heard much news on this race. Is Rudy still playing coy on whether he’s going to run?
I agree with you. In the politics of identity, there are many possibilities as ‘identity’ may change according to the context and needs. For many Blacks, as well as in some other identity politics, sticking with their leader is very important, even though they are aware that the ‘leader’ is not perfect (otherwise, how did Rangel, etc., etc., keep getting elected?). 0bama is instructing Paterson to step down, and be substituted by a White guy; this might not play well among Paterson’s voters.