A poll just released is distrubing as hell. One-third of polled white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks.

When Barack first appeared on the horizon, I pondered if this country had advanced enough to put a black man in the white house. Then I thought that it had to be true, we’ve come a long way as far as racial issues in this country. It couldn’t possibly be that people in this day and age would harbor ill feelings for a candidate that has black skin. Certainly there are still a lot of people in the South that were still of the mindset that blacks were subhumans. But I never, ever thought it could be this big a number.
One in three. One in three Democrats mind you.

Mind blowing.

Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks — many calling them “lazy,” “violent” or responsible for their own troubles.

Full, disturbing article is here.

I have a feeling we’re screwed again.