As the Democratic primary vote comes in tonight from North Carolina, it will be interesting to see whether Barack Obama can repeat his feat in Virginia’s Feb. 12 Democratic primary.
You’ll recall that in Virginia, a state that is 19.9 percent black, Obama trounced Hillary Rodham Clinton, winning 63.7 percent of the vote to Clinton’s 35 percent. North Carolina, in which 21.7 percent of residents are black, would appear to set up nicely for Obama. In Indiana, tonight’s other prize, 8.9 percent of the residents are black, according to census figures.
Tonight’s votes will give political junkies a lot to chew on. Did the Rev. Jeremiah Wright stall Obama’s momentum, or did the senator stop the bleeding? Is Clinton’s support for a summer gas tax holiday taking hold, or do voters agree with Obama that it’s pandering?
We shall soon see.
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