sjrozan

So Obama took South Carolina. Heartening. But worrisome in this way: he got, as expected, the overwhelming majority of the black vote -- but only 35% of the white vote. Blacks being 10% of the US population, he can't win the general election like that. Now, to their credit, another third of white SC Democrats went for Hillary, so they were willing to vote for a woman when they had a third choice, a white man who was also the native son. Some of them can be counted on to find it in their hearts to vote for Obama if it comes to it. I still, as I said a few weeks ago, have great doubts that he (or she, for that matter) is electable in the privacy of the voting booth in such a fundamentally racist, sexist country as we are. And as I also said then, I'd love to be wrong. But if it's going to happen, I think it needs a big bandwagon. If people see Obama as unstoppable, they'll jump on so they'll have been with the winner. So I'm voting for him here in NY next week, hoping he sweeps the Super Tuesday states and gets that glow.

sjrozan I'm a writer, at work on my 11th book. This blog is a record of random and less-random thoughts. If you want to know more about me, check my website, linked here. I also had a blog going from spring through late fall 2004 about the publishing process for my 9th book, ABSENT FRIENDS. That blog's called "Progress" and you can find the link here. I won't make any more entries but I'm leaving it up in case anyone's interested; the process is more or less the same from book to book.
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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (10)		2008-01-27 8:15 AM South Carolina and New York So Obama took South Carolina. Heartening. But worrisome in this way: he got, as expected, the overwhelming majority of the black vote -- but only 35% of the white vote. Blacks being 10% of the US population, he can't win the general election like that. Now, to their credit, another third of white SC Democrats went for Hillary, so they were willing to vote for a woman when they had a third choice, a white man who was also the native son. Some of them can be counted on to find it in their hearts to vote for Obama if it comes to it. I still, as I said a few weeks ago, have great doubts that he (or she, for that matter) is electable in the privacy of the voting booth in such a fundamentally racist, sexist country as we are. And as I also said then, I'd love to be wrong. But if it's going to happen, I think it needs a big bandwagon. If people see Obama as unstoppable, they'll jump on so they'll have been with the winner. So I'm voting for him here in NY next week, hoping he sweeps the Super Tuesday states and gets that glow. Read/Post Comments (10) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top