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JandP

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Two questions I'm asking myself

Question number one:

With George W. Bush's unfavorable rating now at 72% (which breaks the record held by Richard Nixon), and in view of the unmitigated disasters he has wrought upon this nation and the world in the last seven years and four months, why is The Decider's unfavorable rating not at 99%?

Question number two:

How many primary votes have gone to Hillary just because Barack is black? I had thought that the mainline media would not bring up this question, but MSNBC did so tonight. Yet their report did not tell me very much. In any case, I do not believe this question could ever be fully answered.

Of course Hillary's biggest advantage may well be the number of women behind her. A BBC reporter in Kentucky, where Hilllary took 65% of the vote (while Barack got 58% in Oregon) writes: "A smartly-dressed elderly woman in last night's audience put it simply: 'Every woman knows what it's like to struggle against the odds.... That's what this is about.'"

Nevertheless, Barack got 49% of Kentucky women's votes. I continue to fear that race is a much bigger issue in this primary marathon than most people think.