Mississippi

I've never been to Mississippi (one of the few states I haven't visited), and I don't really know a lot about the state of politics there, but it seems to me like the Democrats there, with white people in charge, are advancing the same timid appeal-to-Republicans nonsense that we have seen in other states. Democrats in Mississippi need to EMBRACE the black community and realize that that is where their strength is, not in trying to appeal to "moderate" Republicans. Mississippi is almost 40% African-American. It should be close to being a blue state, IF those voters are energized.