I was watching a rerun of Hardball early this morning, and almost spit out my coffee when I heard right-wing radio talk show host Heidi Harris throw a new wrinkle into the Nevada race in order to explain away the early voting advantage by Democrats.
The discussion was between Chris, Heidi and Philadelphia talk show host Michael Smerconish.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
(sorry can't figure out how to embed)
Heidi uses an imaginary "Hispanic activist" who she talked to "off the record" who told her that there were a lot more Hispanics who won't vote for a black man than you think. "They won't tell a pollster that".
This flies in the face of all of the recent polling done in Nevada, and the on the ground GOTV around the state.
So much of the pun-idiot-try has been focused on the African-American vote, it was amusing to hear a "nuevo racismo" approach to offer hope to worried Republicans.
Sorry Heidi - Fail. Not this year, not this time - no way Jose. Latinos, with the exception of those in FL,(who are split) are on the Si Se Puede train, not the McCain Train Wreck Express.
For a great diary on Nevada early voting - please see HigherPie's:
Deep Inside Nevada's EV Numbers v10.0 - Bravo, Nevada!
Rassmussen reports:
Election 2008: Nevada Presidential Election
Obama leads John McCain 50% to 46% in the findings from Monday night. Ten days ago the Democrat had a five-point lead, 50% to 45%. He took the lead in Nevada – by four points - at the beginning of this month, the first time he’d been out front since July.
Forty-nine percent (49%) of Nevada voters say Obama is the candidate most likely to carry Nevada next Tuesday, while 35% say McCain will win.
I like this quote from a Las Vegas Review Journal article:
More than half of Nevada's ballots cast
Sandra Pena and Maria Felix, co-workers at a construction company office, wore their Halloween costumes to go to the polls on their lunch break. Pena, 39, was a "black angel" with a feathered halo, while Felix, 27 and eight months pregnant, wore a wildcat mask.
Both said they voted for Obama.
"Like he says, it's time for a change," Pena said. "With the economy, it's such a scary time. Our company, we have a lot of (construction) jobs finishing up, and not a lot of new ones starting."
Felix added, "When he speaks, he gives you this feeling, like you can trust this guy. He understands what's really going on."
The Obama campaign in Nevada has done massive outreach to Hispanics. Here are some of the ads that have run in Nevada:
"Vote for Change" Nevada Spanish ad:
This is an earlier ad:
"No Hay Mayor Obligación" highlights how out of touch McCain is with the economic plight of working Latino families and poses this question to them: How can John McCain and Republicans pretend to fix the economy when they don't even recognize it's broken? Airing in Nevada
¡Vota Temprano en Nevada!
The Obama campaign has also gotten solid support from Hispanic media:
Obama gets Nevada support in Hispanic media
Several Spanish-language media outlets in Nevada are endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
El Tiempo, a weekly published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and El Mundo, the state's oldest Spanish-language newspaper, announced the endorsements Thursday. Other Nevada outlets endorsing Obama include La Prensa Latina, Mía Tu Revista and La Voz Hispana.
Obama has dominated Republican rival John McCain in national polling of Hispanics. Hispanics make up nearly 25 percent of the state's population.
So Heidi, you can take your Bradley rap - and shove it. Bradley is not an Hispanic surname anyway.
Obamanos!