Joe Scarborough says something that is remarkable - that Barack Obama's drop with white voters is due to "Clinton race baiting." But this simply ignores the fact that Obama made a much more explicit appeal to African Americans for months prior to that, indeed in response to the bogus "is he black enough concerns. Moreover, the polling simply does not bear out Scarborough's analysis. Consider Obama's percentage of the white vote in South Carolina as polled by Mason Dixon.

In a December 3-6 poll, Obama got 10% of the white vote (37% of the A-A vote.)

In a January 14-16 poll, Obama got 20% of the white vote (56% of the A-A vote.)

In a January 22-23 poll, Obama got 10% of the white vote (59% of the A-A vote.)

Of course that is one poll. In the Survey USA poll, Obama's white support has remained steady at 21% for the past 10 days.

In the Zogby poll, Obama's white support has GONE UP 1 point this week, from 18% to 19%.

In the Rassmussen poll, Obama's white support has remained EXACTLY the same this week, at 21%.

In the ARG poll, Obama has steadily captured 19% of the white vote and 61% of the A-A vote.

The fact is the demographics of support for the candidates has remained VIRTUALLY unchanged this entire month! If the race card was played THIS week, then it failed miserably. Nothing has changed in this race at all.

Obama has NEVER gotten the white vote in South Carolina. Never. And indeed, what has happened is that Obama has completely solidified the African American vote.