[Ima Lurker]

I don't think his dark skin was as much a problem as he was perceived by some to be a foreigner....a foreigner from the middle east at that. As far as the black vote goes, we can forget that. The majority of blacks are not going to vote for a Republican no matter what color he is.

[warchild9]

Someone should point out that the majority of Indians here in the Triangleo--those who are citizens and not H-1B's--are Republicans. They're actually very conservative people, for the most part.