The Obama Coalition Holds Tight

One of the more fascinating aspects of the George Zimmerman brouhaha is that no Hispanic of note within the MSM has sprung to George Zimmerman's defense. Zimmerman's mom is Peruvian, as everyone should know by now, and is surely as legitimately Hispanic as any number of Hispanic advocates out there. Yet in this battle Hispanic pundits have lined up against him.

What that tells me is that among Hispanic opinion-makers, viewing the "establishment" as the enemy takes precedence over protecting one's own. Zimmerman, as part of the "establishment" - i.e., a homeowner, a law-and-order advocate, falls more naturally into the enemy camp vs. Zimmerman as a fellow Hispanic.