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If Mr. Clyburn decides to support Barack Obama it will not be based on those comments by Bill and Hillary Clinton but based on his own personal political leanings and proclivities. Hillary and Bill make a very valuable point about how people in positions of power and authority, such as the the President of the United States, have always been able to thwart the popular will of the people. Has Mr. Clyburn not witnessed the the past 7 years of this administration. When LBJ signed the voting rights act of 1964 it was a watershed moment for our country and shaped our current electoral and political map. Yes MLK and other civil rights activists were the catalytic forces the fueled the movement, but without the fortitude of an executive and to a lesser extent a legislature that was willing to convert the will of the people into law, it would not have happened. That's a fact!
