[Poincare]

I wonder if the polls of black voters are skewed by an intimidation factor. There may be a number of blacks that don’t buy Obama’s line but don’t want to fight their neighbors. A few percent? More?

[skully]

You might be on to something. My buddy that I referenced in my earlier post, has said that the flack he's been getting isn't from everybody. But it sounds like its enough to upset him. I also think he's upset because race is overriding issues, and it makes any real discussion impossible. But my buddy is no nonsense type of guy that will speak his mind. I wonder how many blacks that aren't as forthright as he is; will quietly vote for McCain, but say the voted for Obama to avoid confrontation among their peers. I figure such numbers will be small, less then 5%. Dems tend to get about 85% of the black vote anyway. So how much of this is actually racism as opposed to party loyalty.