Bear in mind that Clyburn was with Kerry in '04 and didn't deliver much of anything.

The importance here is putting the underground racist Clinton campaign front and center.  And no, I'm not just talking about MLK or "fairy tale" (to be honest, I see no racial component to President Clinton's remark.)

Rather, three statements from this week by Clinton backers are deeply troubling:

1)  In HuffPo Monday, an unnamed Clinton strategist said Obama is nothing but the "candidate of the identity left."  No pun intended, this is the pot calling the kettle black ... Obama has never once in this campaign said "vote for me, I'm black."  But Hillary, at least once a day, says "vote for me, I'm a woman."  She's running the identity left campaign.

2)  Andrew Cuomo's nauseating "shuck and jive" remark.  He knew what he was saying and he still hasn't been repudiated by the campaign.

3)  The unnamed Clinton staffer in The Guardian today saying that people who support Obama want to have "a cool black friend."  Someone needs to ask Hillary if she's okay with her staffers making comments like this and if not, will she fire the next one who does ... it's obviously pretty easy to figure out who on staff has been speaking to the British press.

This is beneath a Democratic candidate for President, it's what Republicans do routinely ... racial code word politics.  If they keep this up, they won't just create problems for themselves in the primaries, but in the general election too.

Since when do we, as progressive democrats, start making accusations about people who have a record of supporting us on the basis of "unnamed" and unsourced rumor?

...to see who Gore endorses, if anyone.

I'm still agitated at Kerry smacking Edwards and publically endorsing Obama.

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As a Clinton supporter, she needs to explain this. And Bill, STOP TALKING!

However, I do not question the Clinton committment to African-American values and community.

As for their supporters, their comments are just not right. They should apologize.

That is going to be the universal reaction. It may make a difference in SC but then everyone is going to be amazed if Obama loses SC. As head sleaze, but shrewd political commentator said, if Clinton loses SC so what. She's playing a different game.

It seems like Sen. Boxer's endorsement would be of immense value before 2/5--particularly to Obama, in order to help blunt this unhealthy race vs. gender narrative now developing.

Polling now shows Edwards in 3rd place in his home state of North Carolina, so if he finishes badly in SC, I'd look for him to drop out and endorse before 2/5 as well.

Gore's endorsement, post Tsunami Tuesday, would be of little value, so I think he'll weigh in soon.

Endorsements don't necessarily add to the bottom line vote total.  However, endorsements engender courage for other elected dems to move away from Hill and Bill and support Obama as well.

At this stage of the game, he needs the stamp of approval from the dem establishment.

I say that to say to Obama and his supporters.

Your campaign is slowly getting pulled into the "black candidate" status, rather than a candidate who happens to be black.

if clyburn endorses Obama, it will help Hillary.

I still argue that if African Americans persist in the notion (spoken or unspoken) that they support Obama because of the historic nature of the "first A.A. with a real chance".  Many others, mostly whites will resent it.  We have preached "content of character" to everyone, and it would be an invitation to whites to backslide if african americans don't have integrity. Look how Hillary has had to fight for the white female vote. It has truly been up for grabs.

On the local endorsement side, it's nice she got the support of Bob Coffin, most senior in the Legislature  but saying "he represents Las Vegas" is a little misleading. 14 of the 21 State Senators represent Las Vegas and Clark County, since it's 2/3rds of the state population.

If a large number of conservatives and Republicans in Michigan, disgusted with the Republican slate of candidates, picks up a Democratic party primary ballot just to vote uncommitted as a protest against Hillary Clinton.
Talk about registered Republicans sending a message to the Democrats; "we know a Democrat is going to win our state in the general election, we just hope it aint Hillary on the November ballot."
Hillary made a big mistake keeping her name on the Michigan primary ballot. If she wins big she looks like a cheater, who refused to be team player and stick with the game plan, or if loses big to uncommitted, then she looks like a horse's ass (and the Michigan voters will remember that most people of Michigan didn't vote for her).
The only way Hillary can save face is if she publicly states she made a mistake in keeping her name on the Michigan ballot when Edwards, Obama, Biden, and Richardson decided to take their names off of the ballot.
Hillary Clinton can lose little in Michigan, lose big in Michigan, or look like the horse's ass in Michigan, but she can't win it.

Clyburn publicly supporting Obama is really not going to change anything, because I'm sure he has been privately supporting Obama and the word has long gotten out in SC.  I think Obama got the Black vote in SC when he won Iowa, so Clyburns' public endorsement would just be gravy (and bandwagonish).

Many of us will drop out of the process.  We got excited when Edwards and Obama threatened her powerful machine but she is Republican lite and many of us will lose interest. Its very sad for America but it has happened before.  America gets another overly compromised President and continues downward.