[nathanbedford]

Nathan Bedford's first Maxim of American politics: all politics in America is not local but ultimately racial.

New Jersey is making its choice and it is not difficult to predict. That choice is not determined by equity or even by enlightened self-interest, rather it is determined by tribe.

[Alberta's Child]

I don't know how that plays out in New Jersey. You're basically looking at an election between two white guys.

One of the most comical scenes in recent political memory was the Democratic primary race for Newark mayor a few years ago, when Cory Booker eventually defeated incumbent Sharpe James. One of the key themes of James' campaign was that Booker -- a lawyer and Stanford graduate who grew up in a wealthy Bergen County suburb and whose parents were two IBM executives at the firm's headquarters in Westchester County -- wasn't "black enough" to be the mayor of Newark. ROFL.

[HomeAtLast]

determined by tribe

I'm just an armchair anthropologist, but totally agree. If only more people saw it that way.

[PapaBear3625]

New Jersey is making its choice and it is not difficult to predict. That choice is not determined by equity or even by enlightened self-interest, rather it is determined by tribe.

What the middle-class Democrats of NJ do, will send a message across the country.

[Political Junkie Too]

New Jersey is 69% white. How will "tribe" play out?

-PJ