Barack Obama wins big in South Carolina. But here’s what National Review’s David Freddoso has to say:
He was clobbered with white men and white women. He came in third among both groups. Obama showed in Iowa and New Hampshire that he can win white votes. But the exit polls suggest that this victory in South Carolina is about race, plain and simple. UPDATE: That is to say, except among the youngest voters (who backed Obama first regardless of race).
Well. I thought black people’s votes counted too. But apparently not if a victory on such a crushing scale can be so easily discounted. The numbers suggest Obama won 80% of the African-American vote. What’s wrong with that? I don’t recall folk suggesting Clinton’s (narrow) win in New Hampshire was compromised because it rested upon the support of white voters.
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