the implicit (and sometimes explicit) assumption that black voters will simply fall in line behind what white op ed columnists and a few white anonymous party insiders tell them to do is really, really fucking gross, man, and i am seeing it everywhere
i do think the campaign also had misteps ie michigan and clinton adopted a sorta focus grouped public persona but you can just as easily blame it on wikileaks
but as i keep saying a campaigns failure to persuade and peoples failure to be persuaded are separate things
i still remember cnn trying to get a gotcha moment from this old black lady and her just being idc about any of that nonsense when asked about podestas emails
