Apparently Clinton was betting on the “good ole boys” not voting for a black man.
Considering that Tennessee went to Clinton (yeah, I was very surprised) the story pretty much states that Hillary was hoping that she could swing it so that the rural areas would avoid Obama like the plague.
Clinton lost urban counties by about a 2:1 margin, narrowly won suburban counties, and won in rural areas by as much as 10:1 margins. Obama finished so poorly in some counties that he actually finished third in two-man race
That sucks pretty bad. I mean, I guess Clinton could go ahead and say that rural whites wouldn’t vote for a black man but considering how much of a good run that Harold Ford Jr. did back during the senate race I just don’t think that race really had anything to do with it. It could be that Obama was rated as one of the most liberal senators in America in 2007, but hey…the dems love themselves a race war.
Yes, yes, Ford Jr. -did- lose back during the senate race but he lost by a very small margin. Corker barely managed to pull that one out and the percentages showed that back in ‘06.
Still, The Clinton’s were hoping something like this would come about and I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about it in the news if the mainstream picks up on it.
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