White Flight from Obamunism

White Flight    President Obama’s path to a second term may rely on states shaped by the same social forces he embodies

“ Axelrod also has his eye on the Colorado example, where ...  Bennet lost blue-collar white women by double digits and blue-collar white men by more than 2-to-1. Yet he prevailed by amassing strong support from young people, Hispanics, and other minorities."  So .. what they're saying is, they're gonna have to go out and get more minorities, blacks, and women.  How are they gonna do it?  Well, by virtue of the details in this piece, they're gonna have to go out and basically promise communism.  ... they've decided the only way they're gonna win reelection is by getting more minorities to vote, more young people to vote.  ...   They're gonna have to be bluntly open and honest.  I mean, if you think class warfare rhetoric's bad, it's gonna get worse now.  ...  If this stuff all holds true ....  it sounds to me like this is a recipe for a landslide defeat, folks. [Rush Limbaugh commenting on "White Flight." - Full transcript] ”

Ronald Brownstein's essay "White Flight" has had something of a spectacular impact on the political debate.  If you listened to Limbaugh's third hour on Friday, you heard him dissect it.  Both are worth reading, but if you only have time for one, go with Limbo's transcript.