Black voters in Michigan say NO to the wife of the first blackpresident (HITLARY HAS A NEGRO PROBLEM

Black voters in Michigan say NO to the wife of the first black

president (HITLARY HAS A NEGRO PROBLEM)

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/15/michigan.uncommitted/index.html?section=cnn_latest

(CNN) -- While Sen. Hillary Clinton won a majority of Michigan

Democratic primary votes Tuesday, blacks and the youngest voters

favored the "uncommitted" choice.

Sen. Hillary Clinton did not remove her name from the ballot in the

Michigan Democratic primary.

According to CNN exit polling, 68 percent of blacks chose

uncommitted, compared with 30 percent for the Democratic front-

runner.

Forty-eight percent of all voters ages 18-29 voted uncommitted,

compared with 43 percent for Clinton. The former first lady took more

votes than uncommitted in all other age groups; the older the voters,

the wider the margin was.

The racial disparity could be a bad sign for Clinton going into the

South Carolina primary, where half of all Democratic voters are black.

Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama -- along with their surrogates and

supporters -- have been engaged in bickering since last weekend over

comments Clinton made about President Lyndon Johnson's contributions

to the Civil Rights movement.

Some African-American leaders criticized the remarks as dismissive of

the civil rights movement and of King. On Sunday, Obama described

Clinton's comments as "ill-advised" but rejected any suggestion that

his campaign has been behind the complaints.

By Monday, both candidates were calling for a truce.

Clinton was the only top-tier presidential candidate on the ballot in

the Democratic primary, and she carried 58 percent of the overall

vote, while 37 percent of the voters in the Democratic primary chose

to vote uncommitted.

Michigan's decision to move its primary to January 15 angered national

Democratic Party officials who were trying to slow the "front-loading"

by states of the primary process.

Obama of Illinois and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards withdrew

from the ballot as a show of solidarity, leaving a ballot of Clinton,

Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, former Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska and

Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, who later withdrew from the race.

Why would this piss off those of us on the Left?

Just once it would be nice if you lived up to your name.

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> Black voters in Michigan say NO to the wife of the first black

> president (HITLARY HAS A NEGRO PROBLEM)

>

>

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/15/michigan.uncommitted/index.html?section=cnn_latest

>

> (CNN) -- While Sen. Hillary Clinton won a majority of Michigan

> Democratic primary votes Tuesday, blacks and the youngest voters

> favored the "uncommitted" choice.

>

>

> Sen. Hillary Clinton did not remove her name from the ballot in the

> Michigan Democratic primary.

>

> According to CNN exit polling, 68 percent of blacks chose

> uncommitted, compared with 30 percent for the Democratic front-

> runner.

>

> Forty-eight percent of all voters ages 18-29 voted uncommitted,

> compared with 43 percent for Clinton. The former first lady took more

> votes than uncommitted in all other age groups; the older the voters,

> the wider the margin was.

>

> The racial disparity could be a bad sign for Clinton going into the

> South Carolina primary, where half of all Democratic voters are black.

>

> Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama -- along with their surrogates and

> supporters -- have been engaged in bickering since last weekend over

> comments Clinton made about President Lyndon Johnson's contributions

> to the Civil Rights movement.

>

> Some African-American leaders criticized the remarks as dismissive of

> the civil rights movement and of King. On Sunday, Obama described

> Clinton's comments as "ill-advised" but rejected any suggestion that

> his campaign has been behind the complaints.

>

> By Monday, both candidates were calling for a truce.

>

> Clinton was the only top-tier presidential candidate on the ballot in

> the Democratic primary, and she carried 58 percent of the overall

> vote, while 37 percent of the voters in the Democratic primary chose

> to vote uncommitted.

>

> Michigan's decision to move its primary to January 15 angered national

> Democratic Party officials who were trying to slow the "front-loading"

> by states of the primary process.

>

> Obama of Illinois and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards withdrew

> from the ballot as a show of solidarity, leaving a ballot of Clinton,

> Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, former Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska and

> Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, who later withdrew from the race.

>