Currently surpassing Clinton's:
If Obama's [44 percent] share holds, it would top the 43 percent of white voters who backed Bill Clinton in 1996, when the Democrat won a plurality among white females and 38 percent of white men, the best performance by a Democrat in all those categories since 1976.
It's a good thing for racial integration, whatever your politics and party.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/10/obamas-white-support/209658/
