Reply #6: I really think minority voters are still pissed

[liberal_in_GA]

from their 2000 disenfranchisement, and I fully expect (and hope) that there will be HUGE turnout on Nov. 2. I heard an NPR report about Kerry yesterday that was actually pretty good, talking about his travels with Jesse Jackson (it actually somewhat redeemed Jackson's recent ass-holish and destructive behavior) and they were getting great responses from minority voters. One lady said that she could tell Kerry "felt it in his heart" just like Clinton did, and Shrub "just doesn't feel it, and you can't pretend it if you don't feel it."

I didn't know Allentown was 8 percent black. I do think that the Dem GOTV networks in the state are pretty good, though, so I'm going to stay optimisic. :)