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To: RetiredNow who wrote (370699)	2/12/2008 8:52:17 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

Exit polls: Obama stealing Clinton's base Posted: 08:39 PM ET According to Virginia exit polls, Obama won almost 60 percent of the female Democratic vote. (CNN) — Barack Obama did well with Virginia Democrats across both race and gender lines, and seems to be eating away at Hillary Clinton's backbone of support: women. According to exit polls, Obama won nearly 60 percent of the female vote, a demographic that has carried Clinton to success in past primaries. Clinton even fared worse among men in Virginia – more than two-thirds chose Obama. Meanwhile, the Illinois senator scored his highest percentage of African-American support to date — winning close to 90 percent of that voting bloc. And the two evenly split the white vote as whole, even though in past primaries Clinton has held a slight edge among white voters. The only demographic Clinton won in Virginia was among white women, who broke for her over Obama by 10 points. But that margin is significantly smaller than the national average on Super Tuesday. She beat Obama among white women by 25 points then, according to national exit polls. politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

To: RetiredNow who wrote (370699)	2/12/2008 10:41:49 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572605

>The American people need to understand if they want something from their government, then they need to be willing to pay for it. End of story. Yup. It totally makes sense. Our taxes are pretty low, in reality, compared to other modernized countries. We can each pay a bit more. I'm happy to. I see too many people around me going without healthcare, or keeping jobs they don't want to stay in just because they can't afford to lose their insurance. A friend of mine passed up a root canal this year because he had to buy Christmas presents for his kids... he's stuck in a ton of pain. It's not a choice anyone should have to make. We should be willing to pay to make sure people don't run into situations like that, or worse. -Z