[Tublecane]

“The Florida authorities blinked at the Federal pressure. Obama needs the overwhelming support of the black community to carry the swing states of NC, VA, OH, and FL”

That seems a bit much for the sake of something that’s already in the bag. Can anyone honestly imagine Obama getting less than 95% of the black vote anywhere? He’s reached the point of diminishing returns with that demographic, methinks.

[Wallace T.]

It's not in the percentage of blacks, but the number of blacks voting that counts. The black vote has been almost monolithicly Democrat for decades, since the Great Socity days. However, black turnout for white Democrats like Kerry or Gore was comparatively weak compared to Obama. Post-election, Obama has not performed any economic miracles; in fact, poverty rates and unemployment levels are worse now than in 2008. Obama is playing the race card for that very purpose.