Black voters are a key as Dean courts South

[CMT]

...Dean has little of the down-home charm of Clinton, a near political deity to many African-American voters. His staunch refusal to discuss his personal life on the trail and his avowed adherence to policy talk--with an aversion to chatty asides--could not be more unlike the folksy Clinton or the chatty Edwards.

But some African-American voters say he brings other qualities to the table: Coming from a White State, Dean has a history of few entanglements over difficult racial issues. Others say Dean strikes them as a man whose message stays constant, no matter the consitutency, an important factor for some blacks who say some Democrats have lapsed in promises to their community...

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/10/14/black_voters_are_a_key_as_dean_courts_south

[Cha]

1. I'll take Dean over clinton's supposed "charm" any day.

Yeah clinton is smooth and did a lot ..but I want a person who is focused on us and our Country! Not some aging lothario..who blew it!

[FluxRostrum]

2. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

the confederate flag comment probably did a lot to enhance his popularity with black southerners, huh?

[DrFunkenstein]

3. A Man Whose Message Stays Constant

But I thought he was evolving?