Being past deadline right now, I shouldn't have time to quibble,
Phil, but . . .
Obama's coalition of upper class whites, young voters,
and blacks was something we've never seen before in Democratic
primaries.
"Never seen before"? You've just described the Democratic Party
core constituencies since 1972, when George McGovern was the
party's first presidential candidate to abandon the blue-collar
vote. I am profoundly suspicious of those hyping Obama as something
altogether unprecedented in politics. Strip away the hype, and he
very much resembles McGovern, Dukakis and Kerry in his appeal.