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It is hard to find anywhere in the media when they talk about who voted for who the simple fact that urban areas voted for Obama and rural areas for Clinton. To me, that says one thing... racism. Which has been the one "don't ask don't tell" topic of the election coverage.. other than everybody congratulating themselves how the CLinton and Obama as front runners means we've gotten behind that. Maybe those rural, white, over 65 Hillary supporters who grew up in the pre civil rights era south and midwest think a Black is still unelectable by their neighbors. Of course, there might still be some old style southern democrats.... On the other hand, we can hope it really was the Republican crossover vote in those open primary election states that was being called for by Rush Limbaugh and all the other wingnuts to "vote for Hillary because McCain can beat her" that help make up those large majorities for Clinton in the rural, predominantly white (at least in Ohio, compare the second figure in http://www.bgsu.edu/organizations/cfdr/ohiopop/opn2.pdf to the CNN county vote map) counties. What worries me is that these Clinton "victories" may really just mean that America isn't ready for a dark skinned president.
