So, Hillary Clinton resorts to racism to garner black votes? I'm not surprised at her southern strategy, but I hope her black supporters will take a harder look. She's called Obama (via her staff and husband) a drug dealer, a craps player, and Muslim. What's next?

"This state has gotten much, much closer in recent weeks"

Is 'gotten' a word? And is it me or does that article seem like it was written by a middle school student.

@Billie - Why do ppl assume the Hillary's black voters some how haven't taken "a harder look" or that we have somehow overlooked something? I am black and if I were running against Obama, I'd use his prior drug use, etc. against him, too. That's what you do. I think it's very disingenuous for Obama to admit to doing drugs, but then admonish anyone who takes him to task on it. However he is open to making snide comments about Bill not inhaling and blah, blah, blah. Sound fair to you? Obama likes to remind voters that Hillary is going be just like her husband even though he's not the one running (just so he can put the image in the minds of voters), Obama likes to skew the truth and he's been playing stretch the truth and soundbite politics like all the other candidates. So maybe Obama supporters need to take a harder look?

Everyone needs to take a harder look. H Clinton is part of the Washington system that is determined not to let the applecart get upset too much (they'd be out of jobs). Obama is part of the same system, but to a lesser degree.

No one should expect that whoever they vote for will make radical changes as swiftly and completely as promised.

Any successful senator is fully a part of it. Would I personally be friends with them? Hell naw. I got to spend a great deal of time with an infamous catholic Queen B*tch senator during a program with LWV. Politicians are pretty much all bad people. If they were good and were honest, etc., they wouldn't have won their current positions. Edwards, Obama and Ron Paul are often made out to be saints. Spare me. Political campaigns are dirty and you can't succeed in politics without basically selling your soul to th devil.

@souldecirce - I agree that everyone needs to look closer, of course, but the Obama crazies act as if he's the second coming - when he's not. Most won't even allow you to bring up his voting record, his past or anything else w/o crying foul. On the other hand Hillary supporters are supposed to just sit around and take the attacks on her b/c she's been in Washington for so long. Yea, right! I don't think so. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Now, if Hillary could only get her husband to stop sabotaging her campaign…we might get somewhere.

@Daria - I disagree that all politicians are bad people. I've worked on many, many campaigns from the local level on up to the national level and I've come to one truth: politicians are human. They are mightily ambitious, but not bad.
They are no better or worse than the average person, but when you have money and competition involved sometimes the bad side comes out. Like it does in all of us. It doesn't make them intrinsically bad though.

Daria, there are degrees of dirty. Edwards, Obama and Ron Paul don't send their people out to snipe and play dirty tricks on their opponents.

Hillary plays dirty with personal attacks on Obama.
Obama and Edwards attack her on policy.
Voters need to punish those who practice nasty politics.

I don't believe THAT was the Rihanna quote the AP pulled out of Allure and not "She's Beyonce, and I'm Jay-Z's new protegee. When we see each other we say hi. We're not enemies, but we're not 'friends'-friends."