Interesting that Rovedoesn't mention the possibility that some white voters might be uneasy with an African-American presidential candidate. But he does touch on what seems to me the most interesting data in the results: Obama as the clear winner among more educated, affluent and younger voters; Clinton as the clear winner among working-class and older voters. So Obama takes Clinton's natural base, and Clinton takes Edwards's?

John T. McGreevy is the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame.

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