As an old guy raised in the south, I can't decide if I'm amused or just pleased.

[TomSlick]

It turns out that a lot of white southerners (like me) were waiting to see how African Americans in South Carolina voted to decide for whom they would vote.

We were waiting to be told by AAs how to vote. The arc of the moral universe sometimes takes interesting bends.

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. We were? I made up my mind several days ago. nt

[TomSlick]

2. Your profile does not make it clear if you are either a southerner or an old guy.

But yes, the result tonight across the south suggest that a lot of us southerners were waiting to see the AA vote in South Carolina.

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. I guess you will just have to take my word for it.

[TomSlick]

10. Oh, I don't doubt you.

Of course, those of us who were convinced by the AA vote in South Carolina voted for Biden.

[Kaleva]

19. I think many across the country were paying very close attention to SC.

Look at the vote in Massachusetts. Biden comes out of nowhere to win that state. Same in Minnesota.

[abqtommy]

3. Go for the twofer; be amused AND pleased!

[TomSlick]

11. Good plan.

[hlthe2b]

4. I LOVE it. And that (as so often the case in recent elections), AA WOMEN had the punch

especially, only makes it sweeter.

Thanks to our moral center in the South.

[Mister Ed]

5. It's wise, I think, to look to AA sentiment when deciding how to vote.

I do the same. I ask myself, well, who really knows the score in this society?

AA sentiment doesn't necessarily dictate my choice, but it strongly influences it.

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. I'll say as an AA myself, that I was always fairly confident Joe would sweep the South, but with....

all the money spent by other candidates, I'm still surprised at how well he performed here. It worried me that I was seeing nonstop ads for some of the other candidates, and none for Joe. But, over the weekend, the ads kicked in. It was a brilliant strategy. After a while, I was so sick of Steyer & Bloomberg ads that I vowed I would never vote for either of them, unless something awful happened to Joe.

[sprinkleeninow]

16. Heh-lo there! 😍

💙🇺🇸

[Tarheel_Dem]

20. Hi!

[onetexan]

7. Love how you put it, we as a country collectively owe

Our AA fellow countrymen. This country was built in great part on their backs. They've once again carried us on their shoulders. I am so grateful

[Sucha NastyWoman]

9. We live in reality

As opposed to Republicans. You can’t just ignore large segments of society.

[TomSlick]

13. True.

[uponit7771]

12. AMEN AND AMEN!!!

[Karadeniz]

14. As some host on t.v.this morning pointed out in response to Bernie's .saying that the Democratic

Establishment is against him, that means that the AS vote is now the Democratic establishment!

[TomSlick]

15. I worry that Sanders is using "Democratic establishment" as a dog whistle.

[Ellen Forradalom]

18. Yes. What establishment?

Endorsements mean something between office-holders and people with whom they've built trust. Curiously, the politics of trust is the way to get big money out of it.

[Ellen Forradalom]

17. Exactly. Me too

As one of those trivialized white "moms", I pay very careful attention to black voters, as they are astute and tend to WIN ELECTIONS for Democrats.