The Transformation

In the end, she believes they ended up voting out of a different kind of fear — fear for their own economic survival. Self-interest trumped racism. “They had to ask themselves if they wanted a really smart young black guy, or a stodgy old white guy from the same crowd who put us in this hole,” she said. Full Story »

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Walter Cox
4.6
by Walter Cox - Nov. 9, 2008

A convincing expose of exactly how Obama managed to win over white, blue-collar voters. The tremendously insightful conclusion, that economic self-interest trumped racism, may resonate in American politics for a long time to come.

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