http://community.wxyz.com/blogs/chuck_stokes_blog/archive/2008/09/19/3453501.aspx Little Rock, Arkansas – Welcome to a place being billed as: “The Next South, The Next America.”&nbsp;&nbsp; The racially divisive civil rights era is over and Mayor Mark Stodola is quick to remind visitors that “Central High is part of our historyen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60217.2664)http://community.wxyz.com/blogs/chuck_stokes_blog/archive/2008/09/19/3453501.aspx#3456663Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:42:54 GMT4b9ee3cb-a5d5-4a9d-b351-f17705c7c68d:3456663Wayne PChuck, on the surface this is a unique statistic. &nbsp;If it's accurate(?), does it really say anything useful about the election, or the candidates, or the issues? <br>Wouldn't it be much more meaningful to all voters if the media were to refrain from flooding us with statistics that are obviously designed to divide the citizens into specific groups or classes? &nbsp;This is the specific methodology that the major political parties have been using for years to target single-issue voters for endless pandering and advertising. &nbsp;Bill Clinton almost single-handedly invented the technique by targeting all the &quot;Rev's&quot; who controlled the religious black voters; first in Arkansas as Governor, then as a candidate for President. <br>By publishing examples of its use, the media effectively condones and hypes it.