One thing that is a gigantic undertone, whether or not it is acknowledged, is racism. A lot of the “reasons” for opposing Obama are simply excuses to act on that. (Not to say that it is the only reason, or even the one voters would, themselves, acknowledge. But Clinton has given voters permission to act on it by the smokescreen she’s created. And she’s managed to keep the spotlight off her own multitude of hypocrisies and weaknesses.)
I grew up in the midwest; I saw the race issue play to Clinton’s advantage in Texas, where I now live (however, Obama actually won Texas!), and I saw how it didn’t apply in Iowa. I’m betting on Indiana voters to be more midwestern than Ohio voters–more like Iowans,– and I think Clinton could well have had her last nasty, cynical, pandering win with PA.
Or so I pray.
