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powergirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:49 PM Original message |
Obama's Oregon Lead Undermines Idea of "White Working Class Problem" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. And Idaho, and, and, and. |
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knowledgeispwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. and Minnesota and Iowa and Nebraska and Maine and Kansas and... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. :) Thanks - didn't feel like looking them all up. |
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Boz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. It is not a white working class problem it is an Appalachian Bubble problem |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. That's actually a very good point. n/t |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. I think you've hit the nail on the head there. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. and Wisconsin. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Amen, amen, amen. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. One latte liberal state doesn't a trend make. |
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virtualobserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. but 33 wins does a nomination make |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
50. ZING! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Neither does WV. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. lol. as the OP clearly points out Oregon is not a "latte" liberal |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. What about the white working-class voters in Wisconsin? |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Two states out of around 20-30 states is the definition of an outlier. n/t |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Then let's look at some of the white states he won: |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Don't forget Washington. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Good catch. |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Your math is faulty |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. no other state's working class whites have supported Obama? |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Wow. So all of Oregon is latte liberals. |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. That is an ignorant fucking stereotype. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Not frue for fishermen. Sign in Gearhart, OR bait and tackle shop |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe the whites in Oregon dont work? |
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powergirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Maybe they have no "class" |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't think he has a problem. Its just that people in KY and WV love Bill Clinton |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. This info is NOT what the News Punditry want to see... |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. Except for the fact that Clinton leads in the popular vote. |
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virtualobserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. the magically constructed "popular vote" in hillary fantasy land |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. No she doesn't. And even if she did, Wolfson says that this is a "race for delegates" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Don't you ever get tired of spewing these total bullshit talking points? |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. "If we actually had an electoral system without this delegate nonsense" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Actually, there wasn't REALLY supposed to be an actual series of Primaries. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. They're gonna really whine when they vote for Gramps and lose.. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. catapulting the BS |
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Turn CO Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Only way she "wins" the popular vote is to omit: NV, IA, WA & ME |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. "White working class" has been used as a euphemism for racist. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. That's because states like OR and WA have a lot of Asians. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. Hey, come up here and say that! |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm sorry but it is a.... Southern White Working Class Problem.... |
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PM7nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. John Kerry had a southern white problem too. |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. In the primaries? |
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PM7nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Eh, good point. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Obama has an Appalachian white working class problem |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. I honestly think he'll chose a standard whitebread male running mate. |
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powergirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Maybe a military type |
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liberaldem4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. K&R!!! |
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Duder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. 15 Whitest States in America... |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. Except that "working-class whites" doesn't actually mean "working-class whites" |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. thanks |
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