Obama doesn't have a problem with white working class voters; he has a problem with voters in states where he hasn't campaigned. He didn't show up in Kentucky or West Virginia, and voters don't especially like it when a candidate can't be bothered to ask for their votes -- in person. And unless you've been actively watching the primaries, which most voters have not, he's an unknown quantity. And we always prefer the devil we know over the one we don't.
What's surprising is that a liberal candidate got 30% of the vote in very conservative Kentucky.
I think his smart, savvy campaign made a mistake in not going after voters in West Virginia and Kentucky. Because when Obama shows up, people respond. I bet he doesn't make that mistake again.
Obama doesn't have a problem with white working class voters; he has a problem with voters in states where he hasn't campaigned. He didn't show up in Kentucky or West Virginia, and voters don't especially like it when a candidate can't be bothered to ask for their votes -- in person. And unless you've been actively watching the primaries, which most voters have not, he's an unknown quantity. And we always prefer the devil we know over the one we don't.
What's surprising is that a liberal candidate got 30% of the vote in very conservative Kentucky.
I think his smart, savvy campaign made a mistake in not going after voters in West Virginia and Kentucky. Because when Obama shows up, people respond. I bet he doesn't make that mistake again.