For conservatives, Barack Obama’s presidency represents such an obvious failure that they can’t understand why the contest is even close. Among the 75 percent of the electorate classified as “non-Hispanic white” it isn’t close, in fact, with 60 percent support or more for Mitt Romney.
The problem is that in the quarter of the voting public that’s non-white, Obama prevails with a crushing 80 percent. This situation explains the shameful Democratic emphasis on racial issues and charges of GOP bigotry: if they can push Obama’s support among blacks, Latinos and Asians close to 90 percent, they can win despite emphatic...









The Democrat Plan for Race-Based Victory