"Show Me" Discontent

African Americans in St. Louis are increasingly expressing vocal discontent with the way they're being taken for granted by the Democratic Party. Some even plan to vote for Senate Jim Talent (good for them!).

Could this phenomenon explain Claire McCaskill's hateful remarks of last week? Was she simply engaging in a little race-baiting in order to stem the drift of the African American vote? Would she really behave so shamefully?