Obama by Numbers

* Obama beat Clinton among women 35% to 30%* Obama beat Edwards among voters in union households 30%-24%* Obama beat Clinton and Edwards among voters of almost every income level (Obama and Clinton tied among voters who make $15-30,000)* As many voters age 17-29 as voters 65 and older participated last night -- in previous years senior participation has been 5-times greater than younger voters.* Obama beat Edwards and Clinton among voters who want change (51%-20%-19%)* Despite countless attacks and hundreds of thousands of dollars in negative mail, TV, and radio, Obama beat Clinton and Edwards (34%-30%-27%) among voters who say health care is the most important issue* Obama won among those who said the economy was the most important issue (36%-26%-26%)* Obama won over Clinton and Edwards (35%-26%-17%) among those who said Iraq was the most important issue* Won across the ideological spectrum – winning among liberals, moderates and conservatives* Won among high income and lower income voters among voters with household income below $50,000 (34%-32%-19%) and among those over $50,000 (41%-19%-28%)* Also won among the 82% of voters who said Pakistan was “very or somewhat important”

Blacks should be thankful for legacy of slavery

“But, on a current note, if slavery was the price that a modern American’s ancestors had to pay in order to make one an American, one should get down on one’s knees every single day and thank the Lord that such price was paid. To the extent that America — or New Jersey — ever owed any kind of debt to anyone, that debt was more than repaid through the blood and suffering of 650,000 federal soldiers who died or were wounded during the war provoked by slavery. No one today need feel the slightest guilt, as no one today participated in the wrong.”

- Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (NJ-R)