The New York Times (would Howell have run this story?) has some more bad news for McAuliffe & Moyers, Inc. It seems their capacity to completely take African-American voters for granted may not last forever. In Younger Blacks Tell Democrats to Take Notice, the NYTimes follows a young Democratic operative who is being asked tough questions for a change by young voters:
"I don't cast my ballot based on learned behavior."
Mr. Eddings's comments were emblematic of what some Democratic strategists fear may be a growing problem: The party is perilously out of touch with a large swath of black voters--those 18 to 35 years old who grew up after the groundbreaking years of the civil rights movement. It is a group too important and complex to ignore, many strategists caution, when analysts are predicting another close election.