I love it.....the media is acting a bit surprised that Obama doesn't have strong white support in SC. This is a surprise.....why? Just two months ago, one of the news pundits was interviewing a 30 year old white guy in SC who said he wasn't voting for Obama. The pundit asked why. Because he's black was the white guy's answer.
Two months ago, the media was worried about Obama's support among blacks, now its whites.......next it will be Martians. Scheisse!
"Ransom said Obama, presuming he emerges from South Carolina victorious, will have to quickly address questions about his candidacy headed into Super Tuesday, when African Americans will make up a much smaller proportion of the electorate than they will in Saturday's contest.
"Now with February 5 looming he has to spend time explaining the strategy, the base, and the outreach and the universality of his campaign," Ransom said. "Not to say there's nothing he can't overcome, but there's not a whole lot of time between South Carolina and the 5th."
But the Obama campaign, which says it's "optimistic" about winning South Carolina, says the racial composition of his South Carolina support has little bearing on later contests.
"Two months ago, two things were happening: There were questions about whether Barack had very much support in the African American community and there were questions about if he was even going to have a close race in South Carolina," an Obama aide said. "In the last two months we've seen that change.""
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