Concerns about Obama’s Base

For more analysis of the ongoing race for the Democratic nomination and each candidate’s electability, I refer you to Ken Silverstein’s latest entry on the Harper’s Magazine website where he starts off with:

As Jon Stewart said on The Daily Show last night, McCain probably spent Tuesday night “giggling like a gorilla watching a cat play with string, while resting his aching balls in a chilled bowl of Howard Dean’s tears.”

…and then raises a valid concern about Obama’s base:

Obama’s core constituencies seem to be the youth vote, African-Americans, and the highly educated, which works fine in the Democratic primaries but may not be nearly as powerful a coalition in a general election. As a reader recently wrote to me, “[Hillary Clinton’s] constituencies are roughly even in size to Obama’s, but seemingly ignored by the media as irrelevant. That’s a recipe for disillusionment if they are constantly denigrated or dismissed.”

And no, I haven’t clicked on Silverstein’s link to a column by Robert Novak.  Anyone else and I wouldn’t hesitate, but Robert Novak?  As Jon Stewart has said many times, Robert Novak is a douche bag.  I get nauseous just thinking about him let alone actually reading his column.

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I am a lifelong resident of the Puget Sound and have lived in Seattle for the past 27 years. I am married and have two kids and I have a demanding job. All of those things take up a great deal of my time, otherwise you'd see more content on this blog. What I'm reading: Telegraph Road, by Michael Chabon; West of Rome, by John Fante, The Big Burn by Timothy Egan. Favorite Films: Apocalypse Now, Brazil, Silence of the Lambs, No Country for Old Men. What I'm listening to: Bob Dylan, Lydia Loveless, Richard Hawley, Nick Cave, Cat Power.

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