Steyn nails it

During an interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show, columnist Mark Steyn indicated bemusement at Nora Ephron's column that distills the Pennsylvania primary down to white males' response to identity politics.

Steyn's written response encapsulates the predominant reality:

... Nora Ephron's sneer over at The Huffington Post about whether Pennsylvania's embittered white men are more racist than they're sexist or vice-versa gets things completely upside down. The embittered white men are just about the only demographic weighing these candidates on their merits. The significant proportion of women and blacks in the Democratic base for whom identity politics trumps all is what's stopping either candidate from gaining the momentum that would have emerged in a contest between two squaresville dead European males. It's the identity-uber-alles blocs that prevent the black guy from finishing off the feminist or vice-versa.
(National Review)

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