You can blame ‘race’ or ‘gender’ all you like. It’s politics.
Their districts, the people that voted them into office, went overwhelmingly for one candidate. They are currently caught endorsing the other candidate (cause they didn’t know there was going to be a real race).
Do they switch and break their word losing a lot of credibility? and all influence and power if the original candidate wins.
or do they stick with their word and lose their office in the next election? and also lose their influence and power for backing the wrong horse if the other candidate wins.
Ah, the dilemma.
Best to put off any decision right now until all the popular votes are counted. After all, don’t want to ‘switch’ only to find that side to be the losing side after all necessitating a switch back.
I see your point, but the thing here is that Junior strongly implying that they should vote for Obama to show some sort of black solidarity, not out of concern or thought to poitical positions or ideas.
That is Malcolm X-ish right there, IMO.