what your average church-going black woman in southern georgia wants to hear is what it is that you're going to do to keep drugs out of her community. she wants to know how you're going to protect her and her family from the pushers and predators.

she might not want her kids or grandkids in jail, granted. but what she really wants is to keep the drugs away from them.

and, while the science is obviously paramount, any policy designed to win southern black voters has to be designed with this in mind.