2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: POC aren't buying the "Bernie's been fighting for you all his life so you should vote for him" claim [View all]Orrex
(63,172 posts)Is that people of color will embrace Sanders once they hear his message and learn of his history.
Well, that's lovely, but if it's true, then what the heck are they waiting for? The clock's ticking, and if the campaign hasn't gotten his message out by now, then who dropped the ball?
Some here on DU, myself included, expressed the view early on that the demographic purity of Sanders' home turf did not portend easy success among minorities. That concern was dismissed as Third Way fear-mongering and GOP sabotage, but here we are a few short months later and South Carolina tells a very different tale.
We'll see what Super Tuesday holds in store, but as the days go on it will be harder and harder to blame defeat on the evil machinations of evil Hillary.