Congressional Quarterly ranks Arkansas as a “safe Republican” hold for John McCain in the November presidential election. Democratic consultant Steve Patterson says that race is an issue for many rural voters:
One of Obama’s challenges in Arkansas is that blacks make up 16 percent of the state’s population, a smaller African-American voter base than in much of the South. And race could be an issue for some of the state’s white voters, said Arkansas Democratic consultant Steve Patterson. “There are a lot of voters in rural Arkansas that are having difficulty with the fact that Sen. Obama is black,” he said.
What? Is Obama giving up the peas and okra campaign idea that you wrote about?