Racists for Obama!

The Politico’s Ben Smith has a provocative report: Obama is winning some voters who have negative feelings about African-Americans. A poll taken in mid-September by Charles Franklin supports the finding. “The poll asked voters whether they agreed with the statement that ‘African-Americans often use race as an excuse to justify wrongdoing,’” Smith writes. “About a fifth of white voters said they ‘strongly agreed.’ Yet among those who agreed, 23 percent said they’d be supporting Obama.” These voters are swayed, not surprisingly, by the economy. Says one: “I wouldn’t want a mixed marriage for my daughter, but I’m voting for Obama.”