2 Key Black Politicians Endorse Clinton, Support By S.C. State Senators Could Damage Sen. Obama In Early 2008 Democratic Primary - CBS News

2 Key Black Politicians Endorse Clinton, Support By S.C. State Senators Could Damage Sen. Obama In Early 2008 Democratic Primary - CBS News: "(AP) Two key black political leaders in South Carolina who backed John Edwards in 2004 said Tuesday they are supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. State Sens. Robert Ford and Darrell Jackson told The Associated Press they believe Clinton is the only Democrat who can win the presidency. Both said they had been courted by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama; Ford said Obama winning the primary would drag down the rest of the party. 'It's a slim possibility for him to get the nomination, but then everybody else is doomed,' Ford said. 'Every Democrat running on that ticket next year would lose — because he's black and he's top of the ticket. We'd lose the House and the Senate and the governors and everything.' "