Clinton Beats Obama Handily in West Virginia

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 Clinton Beats Obama Handily in West Virginia
Race was an unusually salient factor in Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s victory over Senator Barack Obama. > [link]

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Obama Is Winning Because Our Generation Stopped Hating Gwyneth Paltrow [Crappy Hour]
Published 5/14/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
... minimum wage labor with me ATJ. MOE: Ok I guess we should start this now. I heard a commentwhore war broke out in the comments last night so uh...thanks bro, for caring enough to defend my glib assertions that West Virginia's margins have something to do with the stuff like how "Two in 10 white West Virginia voters said race was an important factor in their votes. More than 8 in 10 who said it factored in their votes backed Mrs. Clinton, according to exit polls," according to the New York Times MOE: In other news the ...

Obama Is Winning Because Hipsters Stopped Hating Gwyneth Paltrow [Crappy Hour]
Published 5/14/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
... minimum wage labor with me ATJ. MOE: Ok I guess we should start this now. I heard a commentwhore war broke out in the comments last night so uh...thanks bro, for caring enough to defend my glib assertions that West Virginia's margins have something to do with the stuff like how "Two in 10 white West Virginia voters said race was an important factor in their votes. More than 8 in 10 who said it factored in their votes backed Mrs. Clinton, according to exit polls," according to the New York Times MOE: In other news the ...

Democrats And Liberals Make It A Vote On Race And Obama Finds Jesus
Published 5/14/2008 by Anorak at Anorak News
obama-jesus.jpg SO enlightened are the Democrats that the party’s two stars - Hillary Clinton  and Barack Obama - have managed to the campaign into a vote based on race. It’s more like the Socialist Workers’ Party over there, albeit with less women: As the NYT says: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided victory on Tuesday over Senator Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary, where racial considerations emerged as an unusually salient factor. Mrs. Clinton drew strong support from white, working-class voters, who have spurned Mr. Obama in recent contests. The number of white Democratic voters who said race had influenced their choices on Tuesday was among the highest recorded in voter surveys in the ...

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