She goes there:
"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."
Does she hear herself? "Working, hard-working Americans, white Americans." "Whites in both states." If a Republican said this about a black opponent, his career would be in jeopardy for racism.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/05/clinton-rationale-for-the-day/216965/
