Bernie Sanders Is Surging Among White Democrats, Minorities Love Hillary

[karynnj]

108. Surging is an overstatement

I suspect that he is simply becoming the default "not Clinton" and is pulling support from Warren, who is clear she is not running, and possibly undecided. Note that Clinton's own numbers have held firm - indicating that there is not a big surge for Bernie.

As to the white/black issue, I don't get why there are so many Clinton supporters - here and in the media - making this argument. I hated the same argument when John Edwards tried to use a similar attack on Howard Dean.

While I think that Clinton will be the nominee, I doubt that the number of blacks who vote for him in the general election will be appreciably different than the number who will vote for Clinton. Neither are Obama, the first black President. If Bernie were to become the nominee, his biography would become more well known. I am not black, but I would assume the fact that he was one of the brave Northern Jewish kids who came down to help blacks get the vote would not make him a candidate they respect. Not to mention, Burlington is more diverse than the rest of Vermont and I would assume that there are Burlingtonians of color who will vouch for him.

What this REALLY is is an attempt - which stuns me as it is likely so unneeded - to deflate any support for Bernie out of concern that he will lose the election. I suspect that the real concern if he were the nominee is that he will be perceived to extreme on the left - as a socialist. I seriously doubt the problem would be a dearth of black votes.