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Reminded me of this:

Mitt Romney, white vote: Parsing the narrow, tribal appeal of the Republican nominee. - Slate Magazine

There is a real, airtight bubble in this election, but it's not Obama's. As a middle-aged white man, in fact, I'm breaching it. White people--white men in particular--are for Mitt Romney. White men are supporting Mitt Romney to the exclusion of logic or common sense, in defiance of normal Americans. Without this narrow, tribal appeal, Romney's candidacy would simply not be viable. Most kinds of Americans see no reason to vote for him.

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by A swedish kind of death on Sat Nov 3rd, 2012 at 04:45:27 PM EST
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the Washington Post reporting that the election is "more polarized along racial lines than any other contest since 1988"...
"Minorities" is not a race (nor, you may have noticed, is "women"). Minorities and women are the people standing still, while white men run away from them.

But they are not running away because they are racists. Just ask them.

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Nov 4th, 2012 at 02:57:01 PM EST
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