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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Nation’s voters don’t embrace liberals
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Pennsylvania had 158 delegates at stake Tuesday. No resolution, still, despite the outcome. Obama went into Tuesday with 1,646 delegates to 1,508 for Clinton, with 2,025 needed to win the nomination.
Among delegates won in primaries and caucuses, Obama led 1,414 to 1,250, according to the Associated Press count, while Hillary has a 258-232 lead among superdelegates. Who can decipher the rules? (It was amusing that in last weekend’s Georgia delegate-selection process the rules mandate specific gender balance by candidate. What a disaster.)
It is noteworthy, as others have pointed out, that Democrats are about to nominate another candidate in the mold of John Kerry, Michael Dukakis, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter and Al Gore — and one who’ll get the nomination by winning smaller states, like South Carolina, that the party has no hopes of winning in November. Except for his home state of Illinois, Hillary won the big states: New York, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida Ohio and others essential to Democratic success in November.
His base is blacks, liberals and young voters. Blue-collar workers making less than $50,000 a year, older women and Hispanics — key constituencies the party needs — aren’t with him yet.
Kerry, Dukakis, Gore and McGovern couldn’t win. Obama is one of them — too far left for America.
