So much for hoping Clinton would help unite the party. In an interview with USA Today Clinton "cited an Associated Press article 'that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.'" She then said, "There's a pattern emerging here." She used this information to claim she has "a much broader base to build a winning coalition on."
The broad base is white people. So if I understand this correctly, Clinton claims she has a better chance of winning because 60 percent of white people vote for her. She really thinks she is more electable because she wins the white vote?
The "broader base" discounts the 35 percent of the white vote Obama gets, plus the 90 percent of the black vote. Not to mention the huge turnout Obama has received from young people who have traditionally decided to sit at home.
According to USA Today, "Clinton rejected any idea that her emphasis on white voters could be interpreted as racially divisive." Of course she did.
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