Maxy, I still think McCain has a better chance of betting Obama than Hillary. When it comes down to it, people will want the experience that Obama lacks.

My very dear Card’s wife,

I am not sure I agree with you on this point. I believe that “people” would rather “feel good” about their vote for “change” than give weight to experience. I believe this (and some help from Ross Perot) is what won the White House for Bill Clinton. Change - nebulous and undefined change - allows a weary voter to believe whatever the heck they want to believe when they cast their vote. Obama will have the change market cornered. It is a stupid way to vote, but it is how many votes will be cast.

And thanks for the comment. It is nice to know that I still have readers…

The voter profile for Obama is made up of more exclusive groups than Hillary’s. Obama draws the youth vote, which never comes through. He is also big with the Democrat’s intellectual elite, which is a small group (living mostly within a few feet of Harvard). Really, his only big draw is the African-American vote. None of these groups ever vote Republican in any event.

Hillary, on the other hand, draws heavily from less educated working folks and the broad, white middle class. These are groups that Republicans must draw heavily from (and have in the past) if they are to win in November. And, of course, there’s the woman vote, it crosses most demographics and makes up over 50% of the population. It is a larger natural constituency for Hillary than African-Americans are for Obama. It may not be as solid for her as Obama’s is for him, but it is so vast that it really doesn’t have to be.

Anyway, while I agree with a lot of your thinking about the lure of “change,” I just think the numbers add up to the change element working better for Obama in the Democratic primaries than it would in the general. Come November, I’m afraid Hillary will have the numbers that are more difficult to deal with. Hopefully, she won’t make it that far.

What do you mean “It is nice to know I still have readers…”

You know you have me and Mrs. P…what more do you need? In fact, I’d be over there now but Mrs. P has Mr. P going commando. Some things should just be left up to one’s imagination.

Heh.

Fifty years from now, we’ll be sitting in the nursing home drooling on ourselves and I’ll drop my cane, feebly raise my palsied hand and thrust a liver-spotted finger at your colostomy bag and cackle: “This dumb sumbitch voted for Clinton!”

That said, in the district I served as an election official, seven different people came in and announced that they were Republicans but were going to vote for Hillary because she could be beaten. This accounted for a good chunk of the 47 votes she received that night. Obama got 107. And there were more young ‘uns then I had ever seen before coming out to vote.

Barring the disclosure of pictures of Obama sacrficing a goat to Allah, he’s our next president.

My Liege,

Did you need to scour yourself with steel wool after voting. Christ, if I put myself through something like that, I’d immediately check myself into a rape crisis center or something.

Photoshop is ready and working right now… If only I could find someone with a goat so I could take a photo of it…

Oy. I voted for Romney, and felt pretty good about it. I was among a whopping 18,000 (get this — a whole 3.67 percent!) voters who did likewise.
Oh well. I’ll prolly vote for McLame in November. Just had to protest one last time.

The Max Leader is fishing for an invitation to take a picture of my goat.

It ain’t gonna happen.

Ever since the Max Leader took a turn feeding the animals, Benji has been walking funny and gets reeeeeaaaaaal nervous when the Villainmobile arrives at the barn.

I can’t figure out why, but I think it best if I keep the two of them separated.