Identity politics at CNN
Not only is it heated between the two campaigns, it’s heated at CNN as well.
A fight over identity politics just broke out among the CNN Democratic pundits, Donna Brazile and Paul Begala. Mr. Begala, a Clinton supporter, accused Ms. Brazile of suggesting that Mr. Obama could win without white blue-collar voters and Latinos. And he added that Democrats couldn’t win in November by just including “eggheads.” She shot back that she was tired of the divisions, tired of people calling it “my party,” not “our party.”
“Stop the division,” she said heatedly, “stop trying to split us into groups. And she contended tha Mr. Begala’s insistence that Senator Clinton’s coalition was broader was not accurate. She became more irritated, saying she felt as though these divisions suggested “I can’t stand in Hillary’s camp because I’m black or I can’t stand in Obama’s camp because I’m a woman"
On a side note - Obama is expected to speak in Raleigh soon.
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