I understand he's having trouble with the caveman demographic too.

The cable news people really want to understand why Obama can't seal the deal with older, white, working class voters in Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc.

What country are they living in? They flatter us, or themselves. Or they're just too ashamed to tell it the way it is. Oh man! was Pennsylvania ticked off about Carvel's old "Pittsburgh and Philly with Alabama in between" comment. One proud Pennsylvanian after another lined up on TV to debunk that "myth". Well, I live in Ohio and I'm here to tell you what you already know, that quiet racism is alive and well in the U.S., at least in non-election years. Go out in the boonies in Ohio and strike up a conversation about some black man or another. If you're squeamish about the "N' word you'd better be wearing your thickest skin.

Has there been progress? Sure.

Enough to pat ourselves on the back and search for alternative reasons why a black guy running for president is having a little trouble winning white people in middle America? Oh, please!

The one silver lining is the age gap. It really does seem apparent that young people are less concerned with race and gender than their parents. Strike a victory for the march of time and incremental, generational change.

But still there's Obama's other big problem...He seems to appeal more to younger, well-educated, urban, middle class people.

I mean, what have those elitist losers ever done for America?