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122. Sigh . . .

You're the one that made the claim that the president and Sharpton are good friends, now back it up. Moreover, demanding that I prove a negative is just puerile and lazy.

Are you also seriously suggesting that a similar or even fewer number of Democrats have a low opinion of Sharpton as the president or AG Holder? Nevertheless, if you want some evidence of Sharpton's egregiously poor approval ratings, you need simply refer to the Quinnipiac Poll from yesterday from very blue and diverse NYC which has been widely cited. Sharpton's overall approval among Democrats in NYC is only 38% (and dropping, with 29% total approval), and only managing a 56% approval from blacks (16% and 26% approval among whites and Hispanics, respectively). Sharpton's popularity certainly does not increase outside of his home city, and Obama and Holder's numbers have never been so low, no less among our own party.

Sharpton has been an extremely divisive figure for decades, often at the expense of core Democratic constituencies such as Jews, Asians and gays. You are certainly free to like or respect him, but it's disingenuous not to acknowledge why an unequivocal majority of everyone might hold a far different opinion.