This, in addition to the weak WV Democratic primary, where an inmate from Texas garnered 41% of the vote, and we’ve got a potential Romney landslide in the making…
There were Democratic presidential primaries held last night in Arkansas and Kentucky. Arkansas is traditionally solid Democrat; both are regarded as conservative “blue dog” states. As such they were a good test of how moderate or conservative Dems regard the administration’s record. Apparently, they are not happy.
Obama faced his stiffest competition in Arkansas, where national media outlets had boosted the profile of his everyman challenger, lawyer John Wolfe. Some polls put Obama as little as seven points ahead. The projected final result (at time of writing) was Obama 61 percent to Wilson’s 39 percent. The 22 point gap looks big, but it’s pathetic for an incumbent president. Kentucky, surprisingly, was even worse. Obama took 58 percent while “uncommitted” took 42 percent. Forty-two percent of Kentucky Democrats would rather vote for nobody than the President of the United States.
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