Edwards at 1% among blacks

[jackson_dem]

:wtf:

He has a near perfect (97%) lifetime NAACP rating. He won the black vote in South Carolina in 2004.

[kurth]

1. Wrong color

[JI7]

2. so do the other candidates

[jackson_dem]

3. Why did they do so much better than him?

One is at 81%, the other close to 20%.

[Onlooker]

4. I wonder if that shows the racial divide in the south

I wonder if the reason he won so few black votes is that he's a white southerner, and white southerners of course have a history of racism. In other words, maybe the idea of voting for a white southerner is unappealing. (I certainly don't think Edwards is a bigot.)

[jackson_dem]

5. He won the black vote here four years ago

I understand the dynamics of Obama being "historic" but Edwards going from winning with nearly two fifths of the black vote to 1 fucking percent is inexplicable.

[stravu9]

7. Of course it does

!

[fooj]

6. Not to mention that inspirational letter from MLK III...

John was slated to speak at the NAACP on MLK Day until the Obama and Clinton campaigns threw a shitfit. The MSM didn't cover any of that, did they?

1% is an insulting percentage. I don't buy it for a moment.