Bowled over by Obama

By Libby

Kristen Beam, who blogs from my old haunts in the Happy Valley, reports that her dad has queued up for Obama. [photos at link]

My dad called me Saturday night to tell me he was at a Barack Obama rally. He must have been pumped, because when I texted him later to ask him if he was going to vote for Obama, he sent back "Obama rules!"

... He's a white male registered Democrat in Central Pennsylvania and was until recently undecided about his choice for Democratic presidential candidate. ...

My dad emailed me his reactions to Obama's speech: "After 8 years of listening to GWB the bar had been lowered considerably but he was riveting to watch. It was all off the cuff and he never repeated himself for 45 minutes. The crowd was predominantly a white crowd, too. I may have been one of the oldest people there, which will hurt him in the PA primary given that PA has the second largest population of seniors in the country."

I had no idea there were so many old people in PA. That demo could well explain the discrepancy between the public displays of support and the polls that I was pondering in this post. It makes sense that they wouldn't necessarily turn out for rallies but they will most likely show up to vote for Hillary. It's her most reliable block and the only one that Obama can't easily crack. I guess we'll find out tomorrow whether those big rallies translate into enough votes to roll over it and finally end this ridiculous primary.

Comments

[The Grand Panjandrum]

I know voter registration drives have added ten of thousands of new Democrats to the rolls so I will be curious to see how far off many of these predictions end of being. The biggest unknown is how these newly registered Dems will vote.

[Libby]

I did see one prediction somewhere yesterday that suggested the voters will realize that they need to end this for the good of the party and will end up surprising everyone with an Obama win. This was from some kind of consultant type, not just another talking head.

All I can say is from that guy's mouth to the voters' ears. I would so LOVE to see this end today.

[Stacie Boschma]

I second that, I just don't think it's going to happen. More the pity.