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  Ben & Jerry's Delivers

  Posted Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:09 PM | By Chadwick Matlin

  Obama has scooped up a state best known for its cows, hippies, and home-grown ice cream company. His expected win in Vermont isn't much to write home about at this point in the campaign. At one point, winning a state where black and Latino voters barely exist would have been big news for Barack Obama. But these days, winning the white vote is always a strong possibility (if not a likelihood) for Obama because white males have been breaking so strongly toward him.

  His boring win did have one mildly interesting factoid: Old people finally love Obama! Seventeen percent of voters were 65 or older, and 61 percent of them voted for Obama, according to exit polls. Obama did better among seniors than he did among 50- to 64-year-olds, which means that if Obama can't call himself post-racial, he can call himself post-age.

  And, yes, all of Obama's success is owed to Ben & Jerry's, which endorsed him after John Edwards dropped out. We're taking suggestions for the B&J flavor based on Obama. And no, neither Baracky Road nor Obamaberry are viable submissions. Only Obamatose supporters recommend those also-rans.
  

  Filed under: Barack Obama

About Chadwick Matlin

• Chadwick Matlin is the staff reporter for Slate's The Big Money, a new business site launching in the fall. He can be reached at Chadwick.Matlin+TH@gmail.com

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