M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i (P-r-i-m-a-r-y)

I find it interesting how it's only 9:30, only 14% of the votes have been reported, yet Yahoo! is able to proclaim that "Obama coasts to victory in Mississippi primary." Projected winner, sure. "Coasts to victory?" On what grounds?

I also found this article interesting. Here's a few quotes:

"Mississippi voters were strongly polarized by race, the A.P. reported. That was even more than in most other states that voted this year. Seven in 10 whites voted for Mrs. Clinton, while 9 in 10 blacks voted for Mr. Obama."

MY TAKE: Wow. Can we please learn to rise above our races, people?

"One in five whites said race was important to their votes, and nearly all voted for Mrs. Clinton. Four in 10 blacks said race was important to their votes and nearly all voted for Mr. Obama."

MY TAKE: Same deal.

"Six in 10 Obama voters said he should pick Mrs. Clinton for vice president if he wins the nomination, while 4 in 10 Clinton voters said she should pick Mr. Obama as her running mate if she wins, the A.P. reported."

MY TAKE: You know what that says to me? To me, this implies that these voters either didn't find much of a difference between the two candidates and/or they based their decision on race. Since blacks have been overwhelmingly supporting Obama, I think the fact that 6 in 10 voters are willing to have Hillary as V.P. show that they do indeed support her... but they just like Obama more because he's black. As for the Clinton supporters here, I'm afraid that shows a bit of racism on their part, but anyone should know that they could never run on the same ticket. After all, they've been at each other's throat for months now.

I also thought this comment made by Geraldine Ferraro (1984 V.P. candidate) in defense of her first statement ("If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position, and if he was a woman of any color he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept") was amusing:

"Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says let’s address reality and the problems we’re facing in this world, you’re accused of being racist, so you have to shut up,” Ms. Ferraro said. “Racism works in two different directions. I really think they’re attacking me because I’m white. How’s that?"