Fixed that for ya.

Interesting choice of phrasing there. Just sayin’.

How about simply “DAFN,” the “N” in his case denoting “nudnik.”

Did Steele’s or Swan’s white male opponents play to blacks’ “victimhood?” If you can provide credible evidence, please do so!

(Disclosure: when he was still Philly mayor, Ed Rendell was called an “asshole” one New Year’s Day by me and about 400 other people – and he LIKED it!)

Uh-huh.

True story – I simply googled Barack Obama Personal Responsibility and the autofinish knew it by ‘per.’ I don’t really know how autofinish software works, but I assume that means it’s a common search.

If only we had a word for this…

Then will you please explain to us why the ever-loving FUCK Michael Steele isn’t the junior senator from Maryland, a state with a sizable black voting population? While you’re at it, explain why Alan Keyes has NEVER won elective office…

The “Left” = The Democratic coalition = All women, minorities, and “traditional blue collar types”

I like our chances.

I’ll stand by the statement that if Obama loses because of racism it will be racism from the left. Think what ever you want.

overall sample: 693
percentage blacks: 11% (~76 sampled)
percentage of those preferring McCain: 15%, or ~11.

So 11 black folks they called said McCain rather than 5 – not too improbable considering the small sample size.

MoE increases as the sample shrinks.

You’re confusing “how people will vote” with “how people respond to pollsters.” You’ve given me a concise (if factually challenged) recap of why rightwing voters won’t consider voting for Mr. Obama. But you put that recap under the heading of why rightwing voters will tell the truth to pollsters.

Put that in smaller words, Sparky.

Your words are fine. It’s your logic that needs help.

Are you telling me your definition of “The Left” includes all women and all “traditional blue collar types”? That’s certainly what you imply:

The left on the other hand is a completely different matter. He has alienated many women by the misogynist campaign tactics that many of his hard core followers waged against Hillary. He has alienated traditional blue collar types with his condescending remarks about clinging, his elitist attitudes and life story.

I’ll skip the opportunity to demolish your fantasy about “misogynist campaign tactics.” (You seem to have trouble deciding whether Mr. Obama is responsible or “many of his hardcore followers.”) I’ll also let you slide on calling his life story “elitist”.

To the point, you first post that Mr. Obama may have a problem with voters on “the left” and then define “the left” as decidedly centrist voters.

You sure you want to go that way?

“Do you even understand what the “Bradley effect” is?”

Certainly I do. It refers to the ill fated campaign of Tom Bradley in the liberal stronghold of California. Ahead in the polls he lost the election. The conventional wisdom is that voters will tell pollsters the politically correct answer and then vote their true feelings in the privacy of the voting booth.

“Even if we stipulate that the effect is real, why would people on the left be more likely to give a misleading response to a pollster?”

LOL, are you kidding? No one on the right is going to shade their opinion of Obama. They aren’t going to vote for him because he is liberal in every sense of the word. They aren’t going to vote for him because of his shady Chicago connections, his racist religious affiliations, his anti second amendment stances, etc. He will be crossed off the list by his positions long before his race ever becomes an issue.

The left on the other hand is a completely different matter. He has alienated many women by the misogynist campaign tactics that many of his hard core followers waged against Hillary. He has alienated traditional blue collar types with his condescending remarks about clinging, his elitist attitudes and life story. And quite frankly affirmative action is not considered a good thing by a measurable portion of the Democratic coalition. Many blue collar whites have felt first hand the effects of legalized discrimination. In the privacy of the voting booth their real feelings will surface. We shall see what those feelings are.

“Make sense if you can.”

I don’t think I could make it any more clear. Would smaller words help?

Oliver studiously ignores any racism, overt or implied, that occurs on the Democrat side.

Witness Joe Biden, pre-VP nomination.

The audio of Biden’s comments are out and they don’t change a thing. What he said was racist, offensive, and not representing any of the qualities of the Democratic party or America.

Post-nomination, that’s a different story:

I did think what Biden said was stupid and racist. I also think he’s smart guy and even with me being pissed at the remark he made I wanted him to be secretary of state if/when Obama won.

On the issues, Joe Biden is solid. Even with his stupid comments he’s far better than any jagoff the GOP is likely to add to their already craptacular ticket.

So Biden goes from saying things that are “racist, offensive, and not representing any of the qualities of the Democratic party or America.” to “a smart guy, and solid on the issues”.

The deciding factor? Why Obama’s appointment of Biden to be his running mate, no doubt.

Gotta sweep any inconvenient facts under the carpet when it threatens the message.

On the other hand, read through the archives here and marvel at all the “Republicans are Racists” posts from Oliver.

For the general AA population, the figure I’ve seen as voting Democrat is 90%. For AA Democrats, the figure is closer to 97% this election.

So how do you explain why fewer white Democrats are voting for Obama than black Democrats?

Look again at the story:

The AP-Yahoo study found that one-third of white Democrats cited a negative adjective when describing blacks and, of those [one third], just 58 percent said they planned to back Obama.

I noticed they didn’t give figures on what percentage were NOT voting for Obama for those two thirds who didn’t cite a “negative adjective when describing blacks”. Even if we were to assume that it’s 0% (which is very unlikely… there have to be more than a few Hillary voters mixed in there too) that means that at least 20% of white Democrats are not voting for Obama, roughly 5 to 6 times the percentage (3%) of black Democrats who are not voting for him.

That’s a pretty big split. Why the difference? Other than race, what factor is driving the divergence?

Only that the racist vote is “GOP Red”. Can you disprove this?

First, why don’t you try defining exactly what “the racist vote” even means, and second, show how this voting group or bloc is “GOP red”.

Do you even understand what the “Bradley effect” is?

Even if we stipulate that the effect is real, why would people on the left be more likely to give a misleading response to a pollster?

Make sense if you can.