McCain looks to make gains among black voters

[Manuel]

Sen. John McCain on Wednesday praised rival Sen. Barack Obama as he spoke at the annual NAACP convention and looked to close a wide divide on race in the polls.

Polls show African-American voters heavily favor Obama -- with about 90 percent picking him over McCain.

Republican candidates historically do not win much of the black vote. President Bush received just 11 percent of the black vote when he ran against John Kerry in 2004.

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McCain praises Obama in NAACP address - CNN.com

 

[William Joyce]

Blacks vote as a bloc -- and that's smart. They leverage their smaller numbers for bigger power.

Whites split their votes -- and that's dumb. If hubby votes R and wifey votes D, they cancel each other out. Maybe when whites are in the minority, that behavior will change.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

Blacks vote as a bloc -- and that's smart. They leverage their smaller numbers for bigger power.

Whites split their votes -- and that's dumb. If hubby votes R and wifey votes D, they cancel each other out. Maybe when whites are in the minority, that behavior will change.

Actually that's a pretty dumb statement. For it to be logical, one party would have to serve the exclusive interests of the whites and another party would have to serve the blacks.

(Unless you're stating that Republicans are the official party of the white man.)

 

[William Joyce]

Actually that's a pretty dumb statement. For it to be logical, one party would have to serve the exclusive interests of the whites and another party would have to serve the blacks.

(Unless you're stating that Republicans are the official party of the white man.)

That's a fair point. Democrats serve the interests of blacks, but Republicans don't serve the interests of whites.

I would say that Republicans are the official party of the white sucker.