Quote:
Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo
yikes - david gergen just played the race card in saying obama may still be in trouble
|
He's right to a degree. He probably overestimates the Bradley Effect, I think 5% and above will be "safe" in the booth in all states. But the effect will come to fruition to some degree. Obama will lose votes. It isn't because the country is full of crazy racists. Its because when candidates are close to equal, people are more likely to vote for the person who's image they can most identify with. A young half Kenyan who grew up in Hawaii and overseas isn't that guy.
Carville brought up an interesting point as well, what happens if Obama has a 3%+ lead into the booth and loses it? What kind of clusterf* will we see nationwide when it looks like the leading candidate might have lost just because of his background, including race? It could get ugly....