Good morning.  I was able to attend the Obama town hall in Charlotte yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon.  A couple of thoughts on the event below the fold...

I almost called this diary "In Defense of White Southern Democrats."  But that isn't exactly what it is.  

Rather, I want to suggest an explanation for Obama's inability to carry the white southern Democratic primary electorate, as reflected in the Mississippi results from March 11.  Follow me below the fold...