This is another indication of why Hillary will not be our next President.

Representative James E. Clyburn, an undeclared superdelegate from South Carolina who is the Democratic whip in the House, said that “black people are incensed over all of this,” referring to statements that Mr. Clinton had made in the course of the heated race between his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Senator Barack Obama.

Mr. Clinton was widely criticized by black leaders after he equated the eventual victory of Mr. Obama in South Carolina in January to that of the Rev. Jesse Jackson in 1988 – a parallel that many took as an attempt to diminish Mr. Obama’s success in the campaign. In a radio interview in Philadelphia on Monday, Mr. Clinton defended his remarks and said the Obama campaign had “played the race card on me” by making an issue of those comments.

In an interview with The New York Times late Thursday, Mr. Clyburn said Mr. Clinton’s conduct in this campaign had caused what might be an irreparable breach between Mr. Clinton and an African-American constituency that once revered him. “When he was going through his impeachment problems, it was the black community that bellied up to the bar,” Mr. Clyburn said. “I think black folks feel strongly that that this is a strange way for President Clinton to show his appreciation.”

Mr. Clyburn added that there appeared to be an almost “unanimous” view among African-Americans that Mr. and Mrs. Clinton were “committed to doing everything they possibly can to damage Obama to a point that he could never win.”

Democrats do not get elected to the White House without African American support. Period!

The Clinton's have made a very bad strategic mistake that could tear the party apart not to mention the country.

I am right now watching MSNBC cover the Sean Bell trial that just found the three officers who fired over fifty bullets at the young man not guilty. There is a very angry crowd and they obviously feel that there has been some great injustice done. Imagine that reaction amplified to the hundredth degree.

In example after example the black community sees that the rules that are supposed to make this country fair for ALL Americans seems to make it much more fair for white Americans.

If they see the candidate that they have given their hearts to cheated out of this nomination I can see an incredible migration of black voters away from the democratic process.

This is not like the female vote. Women may feel disenfranchised to some degree but in relation to African Americans there really is no comparison.

And the real point is that all Obama supporters are asking is that the rules be followed. Let the delegate numbers determine the candidate, keep Florida and Michigan out of the equation since they broke the rules, and keep the Clinton's from trying to damage Obama's chances against John McCain out of spite.

My twenty year old daughter compares Hillary's tactics to the ones utilized by Commodus from the movie Gladiator. When about to enter the Colosseum to fight his nemesis Maximus, Commodus stabbed him in a vital region so that as he appeared to fight him in a "fair" fight he knew that he had cheated to ensure his victory.

My daughter would like to point out that Maximus emerged the victor despite the scurrilous actions of Commodus.