Remember When Bill Clinton took heat in South Carolina for comparing Obama’s win to that of Jackson’s? Look at these sentences, and explain to me the difference:
a string of racially polarized contests across the Deep South
Blacks, who have supported Obama in overwhelming numbers in earlier primaries
He is the strongest black presidential candidate in history and hoped the racial makeup of Mississippi would work to his advantage.
Exit polls showed blacks accounted for a majority of the ballots cast in all but Louisiana, where they represented a plurality. Obama’s share of their vote in those states ranged from 78 percent in South Carolina to 88 percent in Georgia, while Clinton won the white vote with ease.
The volatile issue of race has been a constant presence in the historic Democratic campaign
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