On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:56:11 -0500, HK wrote:

I'm not touting him, but I haven't run across any rational adults who
despise Barack Obama. I don't associate with black-hating whites, so I
don't know what their thoughts are and don't care, either.

You haven't been talking to rank and file Democrats either I suspect.

It has nothing to do with race - it has everything to do substance and
a lot of the Union types along with the average Democrats that I know
don't see anything from either of the two front runners that will
cause them to not look elsewhere.

This could be the year for a solid third party candidate with money to
make a real splash nationally.

Unfortunately, that's Bloomberg and that's not a great choice either.