People are fooling themselves if they think racism is going to keep most southerners from voting for Obama. I was having a conversation Sunday over lunch with a State Senator and State Representative. They (both democrats by the way) were bemoaning the fact that Hillary will likely be the nominee of the democratic party. Both appeared to like Edwards much better and neither liked Obama, citing policy differences as the reason. Until people (republicans in general and democrats in particular) realize it is policy that matters and resonates with even the "knuckle dragging" southern voters the democrats and liberal republicans will have a terrible time winning in the south.
As a side note, a person like J.C. Watts could win the states of Alabama and Mississippi easily against most white candidates.
