We won't know if race matters. But HIllary is counting on it.
She and her minions have thrown it out on the table and now they are waiting, checking the polls, to see how much damage they have done to a fellow democrat. Pretty disgusting really.

She is protected from backflash by being female. McCain can't run the same deal. Hillary knows that Obama cannot ask questions of gender, but she certainly is dealing the race card as often as possible.

I wish the demos would stick to the issues, and that McCain would not fly off to Iraq to try to score political points (he goes, they take a poll to see how it went over with the patsies back home, go again, check the polls, this could go on until November). Of course, when he is there he will declare the surge a success and that he backed it. Come back in 10 years and tell us what happened, will yah. Also, for any of our fallen soldiers who went over for the good surge, have you gone to their homes and explained how you helped send them?

No, just went for the photo op. Danke.

Shadow Knows.

Glad to see that the average Utah democrat appears less racist than the average white person in the south.
I'm sure he's losing votes because he's black; I'm sure he's also winning votes because of it.
Mainly, though, he's winning votes because he's intelligent and charismatic. Notice that educated people tend to vote for him, and uneducated people tend to vote for Clinton.

When President Truman made the military integrate, the southern states turned red and have been that way every since. If, a person does not believe this, just look and the evangelical broadcasts on television. What do you of the congregation? All white! When push comes to shove at the election box, if the choice is between McCain and Obama, Mcain will get the votes.

I hope voters will vote for Obama NOT because of his race or gender, but because they feel he is the best candidate.

Personally, I think Obama has the best chance of uniting our fragmented society because he has so many pieces of America inside of him. He's NOT simply black (his mother was white). He's lived in poverty AND affluence. He's lived in rural areas, as well as big cities. He seems to understand and have empathy for everyone.

His election could go a long way in uniting our black and white cultures, and I think it could do wonders for our standing in the world.

Race does seem to matter. Obama is winning 80-90% percent of African-American votes. That seems enough to win most primaries. He did win Mississippi by a large margin, mostly separated by racial lines and not educated vs. un-educated.