Clinton West Virginia Win Portrayed As Irrelevant
Sen. Hillary Clinton scored one of the biggest victories of the Democratic primary yesterday, defeating Sen. Barack Obama 67%-26% (with John Edwards, long out of the contest, pulling 7%). However, the consensus in the media this morning is that the victory means little, because Obama has already effectively sewn up the nomination.
But as long as there’s daylight between Obama and the nomination, Clinton will keep pandering to white fears regardless of what that might mean for the outcome in November.
The entrenched bigots won’t budge - they’ll vote McCain come November no matter their economic or health situation. But all of Clinton’s talk about hard working white Americans puts the sheen of legitimacy on the bigotry of folks who know better, and who may have seen past their prejudices and voted for Obama come November if their better natures were appealed to.
But how would that help Hillary?
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