Shelby Democrats have big say in which candidate will win state
Sen. Hillary Clinton's last-minute stop in Memphis last week
made one thing clear: Shelby County is a key player in
Tennessee's Democratic presidential primary.  The fact that she
chose to visit a black church in town underscores the importance
of the African-American vote here in any victory for a Democrat.
Shelby County represents one-third of the state's Democratic
vote. And the county's large black electorate is anything but
unanimous heading into voting on Super Tuesday.  &quot;This
election is very emotional for people,&quot;  said Gale Jones
Carson, secretary of the Tennessee Democratic Party and a new
member of the Democratic National Committee. &quot;A lot of
people see this as (being) the closest we've come to having a
black president ... and they're emotional about Obama.
&quot;I'm telling everybody to vote for whomever they believe in
-- I know I am,&quot; said Carson, who is supporting Clinton and
serves on her Tennessee steering