At the end of the primary elections Hillary Clinton appealed to her "white" voter base (i.e. racist whites) to come on strong and nearly overcome the deficit she had created by her earlier refusal to acknowledge a challenge from Barack Obama (i.e. the failure to plan for a campaign past Super Tuesday). Now a large vocal segment of her followers, this white working class segment of the Democratic Party, are threatening to bolt and vote Republican because their "gut" tells them there is something unacceptable about Barack Obama. This is incredible. They will vote against their economic and political interests because of a "gut feeling". They will do this despite having suffered for eight years under a President who rejected rational thinking in favour of his "gut feelings" and thereby led the US into major disasters.
Here's an example of this thinking. Judge for yourself:
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