As a Black Democrat, I got real charged up after reading "they just don't get it" today.  And as a Black Christian Democrat, I find myself a member of two factions of the party that find ourselves feel unappreciated and really stuck between a rock and a hard place nowadays.  I mentioned in a diary comment a few days ago about how us Christian Democrats often feel like we're taking it from both sides; the religious right twists, manipulates, and distorts what we believe in while many amongst the secular left wants us to leave our faith at home and often publicy labels us as being stupid or superstitious for believing in God.

My two cents on some the Dems need to do to overcome the whole red vs. blue, liberal elites vs. down home conservatives situation that the SCLM keep perpetuating on us.  In essence, one of the biggest problems I see is a perceived lack of respect towards those who vote for Bush based on "values", "likeability", etc.