[Vigilanteman]

If these figures are accurate, it indicates Obama may actually be in more trouble than generally thought. Demographically, South Dakota is a near twin to North Dakota, which Obama won 61-37 on Super Tuesday. The black population is practically nil and most Dakotans, if they know a black person at all, it is the nice professor at the local college, the exchange student athelete on the football team or the clean-cut patriotic young man serving at the local air force base.

Racial tensions are about as near to zero as you can get. I grew up among these people. We can dismiss the rantings of Rev. Wright as mere theatrics. Some of us may have actually even caucused for Obama because we loathe the Clintons so much.

If Obama loses both South Dakota and Montana by big margins, is isn't going to make much of a difference in delegates, because they have so few. But it is going to undermine a key argument that he's bringing states into play where Democrats have been unable to compete.

[philled]

A couple observations from the SD's largest city:

It seems that yard signs run about 65-35 Hillary. Ron Paul signs outnumber both.

Obama is spending a lot of money on media. Tom Daschle drones on about how Obama is "change we can believe in". Hillary's commercials tout her plan for fiscal responsibility, and how we "can't keep borrowing from the Chinese to pay the Saudis for oil". Both seem to be running against Bush as they cite him in their ads.

The city's paper apparently endorsed Hillary even though two weeks ago its editorial board was saying she should drop out.

[Miss Didi]

Yesterday on the Sunday Panel, Byron York said that Barry was losing altitude and Juan Williams said he was wheezing toward the finish line.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Voting for any Democrat is unthinkable unless you want to turn this country over to radical Islam, have the country go bankrupt because of sky-high fuel prices and economic idiots.

[AmericaUnited]

Demographically, South Dakota is a near twin to North Dakota, which Obama won 61-37 on Super Tuesday.

Yes, but the bloom was not off the rose when South Dakata voted. Now the rose, is ROTTING.

[TeleStraightShooter]

This is bigger than SD/ND it's the whole freakin' region! BHO OWNED that part of our Republic (@ least for D's)

BHO's lead in MT is down to 4% from 17% two weeks ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statewide_opinion_polling_for_the_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries%2C_2008#Montana

Most states north Oklahoma and west of Missouri held caucuses in which BHO did great, but the only state in that region to hold a primary since the rev wright revelation is Oregon. Eggheads still go for BHO but working class (D)'s reject him now.