Despite polls and betting houses calling the Pennsylvania primary for Clinton, a bud from my old paper is predicting Obama by five percentage points. Among his arguments, he points out a purely Philly situation and how it played out recently:
“One of the most interesting things about this primary has been the way the alleged “special relationship” between the Clintons and African-Americans has crumbled. Whether the borderline-racist remarks by both Bill and Hillary during the South Carolina primary were mere stupidity or a calculated and cynical attempt to out Obama as a “black” candidate, thereby striking fear in the hearts of white voters, their immediate result was a noticeable change in temperature regarding race and the election.
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Now, in Philly, this matters. Remember the 2003 mayoral election? The curiously timed leak that Federal investigators were bugging the mayor’s office? I remember this vividly. The moment it was seen as outside interference, a crooked attempt to swing the election away from Street, people went into lockstep. The signs went up, the bullhorns came out, and on election day, people voted. In the last few months I feel like I have witnessed the same basic process but on a much larger scale. And no, having the support of City Hall won’t help her. Not if they are merely repaying electoral favors. Have you heard Nutter endorsing Clinton? He sounds like a man admitting to himself that he’s going to need to take vacation days off of work for root canal surgery.”
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April 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I’m still saying Hillary will win by 8-plus.