'Not Your Firewall': Minority Voters Refuse To Be Token in Clinton Strategy Map

[Cheese Sandwich]

Pointing to Clinton's historic support for policies that expanded mass incarceration,
author Michelle Alexander writes, "there is such a thing as a lesser evil, and Hillary is not it."

Hillary Clinton's allegedly formidable advantage among minority voters in South Carolina, Nevada, and elsewhere is being questioned—and tested—as people of color are increasingly coming forth to reject being treated as a political "firewall" for her campaign.

Following Clinton's significant loss to rival Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire on Tuesday night, campaign manager Robby Mook sent a memo to supporters suggesting that Clinton's "high levels of support in the African American and Hispanic communities" should all but guarantee her the Democratic nomination.

"It will be very difficult, if not impossible, for a Democrat to win the nomination without strong levels of support among African American and Hispanic voters," Mook wrote. "Hillary's high levels of support in the African American and Hispanic communities are well known. She has maintained a wide double digit lead over Sen. Sanders among minority voters in national surveys and in states where African American and Hispanic voters make up a large share of the electorate. That type of support was not created overnight; it has been forged over more than 40 years of fighting for and alongside communities of color. They know her, trust her and are excited about her candidacy."

The release of the memo spurred wide rebuke from voters...


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more: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/02/10/not-your-firewall-minority-voters-refuse-be-token-clinton-strategy-map

[thereismore]

1. Not about Obama's legacy but Clinton's 3rd term - that stings. nt

[politicaljunkie41910]

2. I'm always amazed at how white people see something in print by a black person

and think that person speaks for all black people. Well they don't.

You don't see Patrick Buchanon make a statement and everyone say, that he speaks for all white people. We are a diverse bunch just like white people.

[thereismore]

4. Of course, we know that. Now how about Mook's statement, see post #3.

[thereismore]

3. When Mook says "They know her, trust her and are excited about her candidacy,"

isn't that insulting to Black America when this white politico speaks for them? He even knows how excited they are about her!

[bunnies]

5. People dont like being taken for granted.

I dont care what color they are.