On today's Huffiington Post, this insightful analysis of the West Virginia primary by RJ Eskow observes that "7% of the voters in West Virginia voted for John Edwards, who isn't even in the race. That fact is nothing short of stunning. Faced with a black man and a white woman, these voters chose a white man who isn't running. And these are Democrats."

I would have been surprised, and perhaps a little skeptical, of this assessment of the racism and sexism that are alive and well in America had I not not recently encountered them myself.