(Rep. Clyburn in center of photo)
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
National Journal’s Linda Douglass sat for an interview with undeclared South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn. He says a couple of interesting things: (a) If Clinton believes Obama will do poorly with white voters in November, based on how he has done in the primaries, does that mean she believes she will only get 8% of the black vote in November, based on how she’s doing now?; And (b) He makes it very clear that any perceived backroom deal had better not take the nomination away from Obama, because that would devastate young people and blacks. He speaks rather emotionally about his daughter and grandson’s support for Obama.
I think that we have to be very, very careful with all of this. And I really believe that this is the kind of stuff that I had been talking about with tamping down the enthusiasm of young people, because scores and scores of non-black young people have gotten involved in this campaign this year. They are very excited about Barack Obama, for whatever reason. A lot of it, nobody can really fathom, but it's happened. And I think we would do well, as Democrats, to welcome the support, welcome the reactivation of African-Americans, welcome the re-involvement of young, White Americans, welcome all of these people into our fold and give them some positive messages to carry forward and not keep talking about what may or may not be the other person's drawbacks. …
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