Carolina on Her Mind? (w/poll)

X-posted at Economists for Obama
You've really got to wonder if the ugly Ferraro spectacle isn't deliberate as Will Bunch suggests.

As I was ruminating about the motivations that might have led the Hillary campaign to let Ferraro loose, one thought that occurred to me was that with North Carolina's primary still to go, who can forget this raw appeal to white people's worst fears about a black candidate...that he'll protect his own first:

You know, I thought Orlando Patterson's op ed was over the top in crying racism and Brad Delong reminds us about this stinker Patterson once wrote during Clarence Thomas hearings...but watching Ferraro hit every network today really made me think twice if there wasn't a sliver of truth about the 3AM ad as well.