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The media are doing an excellent job of dividing the electorate into convenient labels: "black", "Latino", "white", "man", "woman", "blue collar", "college-educated", "religious", "secular", "young", "old" etc. I don't see any need for us to engage in this any further by trying to quantify who are "Hillary's people" or "Obama's people". The bigger issue is to try and bring more PEOPLE into the political process.
Most Obama supporters are not smug, arrogant, or gloaters (and I apologize for those who are). Far from it. I was thrilled to see so many people involved in democracy at today's Democratic caucus and (despite being an Obama supporter) went out of my way to ensure that the voices of Clinton supporters were heard. This spirit of cooperation and common purpose is what it's supposed to be about. This is the better politics that Senator Obama speaks about - Let's not lose sight of that.
