Obama: I think there is no doubt that she has higher negatives than any of the remaining democratic candidates. That's just a fact and there are some who will not vote for her. If you look at the results in Nevada, for example, she eked out the popular vote victory over me, but I ended up winning more delegates because she got almost all of her votes from Clark County, Las Vegas and some of the traditional democratic areas. We got votes there, but we also got votes in northern Nevada and rural conservative regions of the state that traditionally don't vote Democratic, but were excited about my campaign.

I have no doubt that once the nomination contest is over, I will get the people who voted for her. Now the question is can she get the people who voted for me? And I think that describes sort of one of the choices that people have, just a practical choice, as they move forward."

The Obama campaign has been playing this game for a very long time but the big media don't call them on it.

• Just remember Jesse Jackson Jr saying Hillary Clinton tears have to be "analyzed" because she didn't shed tears for New Orleans?

• They sent a 4 page memo to the media asking them to chastise the Clinton Campaign for using subtle tone of racism and for diminishing the legacy of MLK?

• They purposefully distorted Bill "fairy tale" quote in the most racist way

• On MLK day, HRC paid tribute to MLK by saying the fact that a young AA man, a son of the south born in poverty, and a woman are in a the position of winning the WH, and she got blamed for using "coded" language by mentioning "young AA men"?

Eight more years of this? Again?

Part of Lefty DNA seems to be "WE'RE better than them. (and therefore,  by definition, the Clintons are honest)."  Bull. They are the most low-down, conniving, dishonest politicians in a long time.

The Clintons made this about race. They were running against multi-racial Jesus Christ. They needed to run against a "black candidate." So they provoked, backed off, stirred it up, apologized, etc. Until, here were .. lo and behold .. now they're running against Jesse Jackson. Good job.

It works, and I hope you folks are proud of them.

Second of all, the most explicit playing of the race card occurred the day after the New Hampshire Primary when Jesse Jackson, Jr., Barack's campaign co-chair, declared that although "Hillarys tears melted the granite state, as we move to South Carolina, where 45% of the electorate is Black, we have to wonder where those tears were during Katrina."

If that isn't the race card then what is.

I watched the clip they had on (can't find it on the net yet).

Obama used language like "ya'll".

Somehow or other, in ways obscure, and never quite "nail-able," the campaign became about race.

Now look at the polls. The white candidate and the black candidate are each taking 2-1 or 3-1 or their race.

I just watched a video clip on CNN showing Obama, a midwesterner, go into 4-5 sentences of southern draw in his response to Pres Clinton's comments while surrounded by AA. Racial tones.

From the New York Observer's transcript:

Q_Are you saying the Obama camp is bringing up these racial issues?

A-"You just want one more story -- shame on you! Shame on your, you just want one more story! Print the facts. Nobody ever prints any
facts."

"If [Barack Obama] wins this nomination, I'm going to do what I can to help him become president."
 "After all the mean things they said about me, I can't believe I'm saying this," Clinton said.

Hiliary and Obama are probably both too DLC oriented - thanks for Nafta - but they both would be better than any Repug running.

"It's inevitable that people will bring up race and talk about race in this campaign. What, if any, role do you think it should play in this campaign?" Boyum asked Obama during a brief interview following a campaign stop at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

"You know race is still an important issue in this country," Obama said. "You know there are still so many things that are impacted by race -- whether it's health. We know that there's still health disparities that exist. There are women that are African American that are dying of higher rates of breast cancer. So the issue is real."

"Our belief is that the decision of who will be the next president will not be based solely on race or gender. You know, my deep hope is that people will base their decision on who they think they can trust. Who's got a vision for the country? Who's bringing a different, you know, tone to politics and who's going to really take this country in a different direction? And quite frankly, I think the only person that comes close to that is Barack. And he happens to be a black man," she said.

Statements are statements.

Criticize them all you want.

But NO CHARACTER ATTACKS ON ANY OF THE DEM CANDIDATES!

This site will NOT become daily kos.

Alabama: Clinton 31, Obama 28, Edwards 8

Arizona: Clinton 45, Obama 24, Edwards 9

Arkansas: Clinton 57, Obama 17, Edwards 14

California: Clinton 43.5, Obama 31.5, Edwards 10.5

Connecticut: Clinton 41, Obama 27, Edwards 9

Georgia: Obama 36, Clinton 33, Edwards 14

Illinois: Nothing recent, but the last polls had Obama in a blowout. There's no reason to think that's changed.

Massachusetts: Clinton 56, Obama 23, Edwards 14

New Jersey: Clinton 46, Obama 28, Edwards 10.3

New York: Clinton 48, Obama 32, Edwards 9

Oklahoma: Clinton 45, Edwards 25, Obama 19