By way of Memeorandum, I see that’s the question Hillary Clinton is facing.
(CNN) — [1] Hillary Clinton faced a grim statistic in Michigan tonight, despite her primary “win” there: results revealed that she may have reason to worry about her grasp on the African-American vote.
The Michigan primary vote was essentially meaningless: the national party stripped the state of its delegates because it held its contest too early in the election season, and Clinton was the only major Democratic contender whose name appeared on the ballot.
Even so, roughly 70 percent of Michigan’s African-American voters — a group that makes up a quarter of Michigan’s Democratic electorate — did not cast their votes for Clinton, choosing the “uncommitted” option instead. Yet these voters weren’t uncommitted at all: in fact, according to CNN exit polls, they overwhelmingly favored Barack Obama, whose name did not appear on the ballot.
I’ve said it before in a number of different ways, but I’ll say it again, here; This is the direct result of the Democrats playing the pander-bear game of group identity politics.
And have you noticed that Hillary Clinton isn’t talking much of late about how GWB is doing in the approval ratings? Gee. Wonder why?