The website-that-shall-not-be-linked found a way for the defeat of Artur Davis to be a defeat for Obama. With the headline “Short Obama coattails for black pol,” POLITICO opined:
The stunning defeat suffered by Rep. Artur Davis — one of the brightest stars in a new generation of talented black pols — in Tuesday’s Alabama Democratic gubernatorial primary marked the latest setback in an election year that is proving no better, and perhaps even worse, for African-American candidates who are attempting to ascend to high office.
Their link between Obama and Davis?
In Alabama and Georgia, in addition to historic racial voting patterns, Obama himself is part of the problem. Though his campaign amped up Georgia minority turnout in 2008 and held John McCain to a surprisingly close 52 percent to 47 percent victory, his weak approval ratings there — and in Alabama — are no asset to any Democrat running statewide in 2010.
Writer Charles Mahtesian is trolling for Drudge and Yahoo with Teh Stupid™. Artur Davis ran away from Obama; he voted against health care; he spoke well, but ran away from his base. Unions and community organizations and civil rights organizations all gave their endorsements to his opponent.
The result? Democrats picked another candidate. Wouldn’t you kind of expect that?
In the Beltway universe, all of politics is not local.
