Barack, A Certain Loser
By Larry Johnson on April 22, 2008 at 7:52 PM in Current Affairs
WTF!! I have heard Bob Beckel (so-called Democratic strategist ) on Fox News and Chris “Tweety” Matthews on MSNBC declare the race over. Not the vote in Pennsylvania mind you. Hell, who gives a rat’s ass what people vote for. These media mavens have decided that Barack must be the nominee. When tonight is over Hillary will have crushed Barack. She will have a double digit victory. Despite such a commanding win, these media hacks seem content to ignore what voters have actually decided.
So let me try a variation of the Geraldine Ferraro musing. If Barack were white, would he still be considered a viable candidate in light of the following numbers?
Since Feb. 20, Hillary has won states with 70 electoral College votes representing 48.9 million voters.
OH 20
TX 34
PA 21
RI 04
Obama can brag about Vermont’s 3 electoral votes and its 750,000 voters.
VT 03
How bad does he have to suck before Democratic super delegates realize he cannot win in the fall. Barack has failed (or will do so by midnight tonight) to win New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Texas, and California? He lost the popular vote among Democrats in the largest population states. And he won’t dare insist on a revote in either Michigan or Florida because he knows he would lose those contests.
Despite not having a significant political victory decided by voters in more than two months, the media and some in the Democratic party are maintaining the fiction that this guy can win in the fall. Republicans are begging Howard Dean to hold the course and coronate the Golden Child. But this much is clear–no white male would get a minute of media attention with a record in competitive elections comparable to what Barack has achieved in the last two months. That ain’t racist. That’s just a fact. Just ask John Edwards.

















