Posted on 05/16/2012 1:28:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Barack Obama faced a stiff challenge from an unlikely opponent in the Democratic presidential primary in West Virginia on May 8. A federal inmate in Texas drew 42 percent of the Democratic vote in the Mountain State — about 52,000 votes to Obama’s 70,000. While the President squeaked by with a victory in West Virginia, he could lose an upcoming Democratic primary in Arkansas where he faces an opponent who polls show is running a competitive race.
Tennessee attorney John Wolfe, who is an official candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2012, is drawing a surprising amount of support among Arkansas voters in the state’s fourth congressional district.
A Hendrix College-Talk Business poll of Democrats from May 10 showed Wolfe drawing 38 percent support to Obama’s 45 percent. 17 percent of fourth district Democratic voters remain undecided in that race. The poll sampled 418 likely Democratic voters and has a +/- 4.8 percent margin of error.
Talk Business notes that the poll was taken the day after President Obama’s highly publicized interview with ABC in which he expressed support for gay marriage rights.
Wolfe told Weekly Standard that “the momentum is good.”
Wolfe predicted that the voters would move his way in the final days before the May 22 primary, despite his shoestring campaign budget. “There’s not been a single TV ad. There’s not been a single radio ad,” he said.
Wolfe is also on the ballot in Texas’ May 29 Democratic primary.
I think secrectly, alot of urban blacks are not going to vote for white candidates this election cycle. Could be painful to be a white democrat this election cycle ...
This voting group votes 90-95% democrat anyways. If they refuse to vote for white liberals on the democrat ticket it’ll likely end up helping republicans. Lower Rat turn out is always a good thing.
You’re confusing Keith Judd with John Wolfe.
Maybe it’s time for a little bit of GOP to play OPERATION Chaos II.
You’re right.
I was cornfused.
Probably due to ethanol.
Much like several of my children.
"Big deal. He’s not going to get Arkansas’ electoral votes anyway (the Clinton’s home state has been “red” since 2000), so why would he (or the DNC) care?"
Why? Obama will be forced to spend much-needed cash there for the primary, or face real embarrassment with a loss.
Again, why bother?
So his the proclamation of his candidacy at the DNC convention is not unanimous. Big deal. No need to spend any money in AR. Again, he’s not getting AR’s votes and he doesn’t need their delegates, either. And the MSM will cover up any “embarrassment.”
"Again, why bother?"
You're missing the bigger picture here. This isn't simply about Arkansas.
The “big picture” is that every other mountainous obstacle in Obama’s path has been turned into a barely noticeable bump by various forces. Arkansas, win or lose, won’t matter.
See! Told ya so! The AR Primary problem got “disappeared.”
Dems Disenfranchise Voters After Polls Show Obama in Close Primary Race
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