Reply #52: We have always been a fragile coalition bound mainly by our collective "outsider" status.

[TexasObserver]

Ever since we embraced blacks as a key part of our coalition, we've had problems with racist whites who would otherwise be in our coalition. This has syphoned off labor and working class white voters who vote their emotions over their economics.

This time we have a new element to our typical problems. We have a female candidate who has actively sought to make her gender a central theme in her campaign. More than anything this year, that tactic has caused a split in our coalition. We have women who cannot find a single issue they agree with John McCain talking about voting for him because they're mad Hillary can't win the nomination. More than any other person, Hillary Clinton is responsible for the current divisions in our party coalition.