Some thoughts on the California campaign before the debate tomorrow

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]


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  • Robert Novak spent his column today discussing "Hillary's Brown Firewall". That the title is somewhat provocative is no accident, I mean this is after all Robert Novak. The column describes the Clinton campaign's reliance on the Latino vote to carry her in South Carolina along with the now infamous quote from Sergio Bendixen: The Hispanic voter -- and I want to say this very carefully -- has not shown a lot of willingness to support black candidates." Of course, a fight over race benefits the Republicans most. I'm sure Novak is very disappointed to see a budding dispute, just not disappointed enough to avoid egging it on.

  • On the gender front, you have this video from the Obama campaign. -->

  • Gotta love the identity politics, huh? But seriously, in a state that has been minority-majority for the better part of ten years, how will this play out? I actually think race and gender will end up playing far less of a role than people like Novak ascribe to it. I think what this comes down to is one word: "change."