Because He's Black?

Two key black South Carolina State Senators give their support to Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama,why? he's black?

Quote: "Every Democratic candidate running on that ticket would lose because he's black and he's at the top of the ticket - we'd lose the House, the Senate and the governors and everything." - State Senate Robert Ford

More Quotes: "I'm a gambling man. I love Obama,"- But I'm not going to kill myself." - Robert Ford

Article: http://www.blackenterprise.com/yb/ybopen.asp?section=ybaa&story_id=103207628&id=blackenterprise