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"The other worry is more about Obama's base of support than about Obama himself, but it could doom his candidacy: that despite his impressive showing so far in the 2008 primary season, he's still mostly the candidate of coastal liberals, lefty intellectuals, Ivy League check-writers and African-Americans, and he isn't doing enough to reach the white working-class voters that a Democrat will need to beat John McCain in November."
It's depressing to see a Salon contributor not only accept, but spout the mantra that working class whites are the heart of the American polity (or the Democratic party), and that will of other collective majorities should be subverted for the sake of placating them. Perhaps it's just me, but I feel I can almost hear the sneer as Ms. Walsh lists off demographic groups favoring Obama.
Why is it that no one asks the reverse question? Shouldn't Clinton be concerned about reaching out to the many well-educated liberals whose generosity she'd need for a general campaign? Doesn't she need the votes of African-Americans to cobble together an electoral majority?
