I find myself thinking about the timing of Ms. Ferraro's remarks. Why now? Could it have to do with the upcoming, last-ditch attempt to wrest the nomination by Hillary Clinton, through a huge victory in Pennsylvania? What would this require in terms of voter motivation and turn out? How about fears of blacks taking over the country to motivate those conservative voters in the middle of the state? My bet is that the intended audience for these comments is the central-Pennsylvania voter. Having grown up in Western PA, I can tell you that there are some highly conservative, racist-tending folk in the middle of that state, which is why it is described as "Alabama stuck in between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh". I was struck by the defiant posture Ms. Ferraro took after being confronted regarding her comments. However, her posturing would make sense as a way of keeping the race theme in the news. It seems she could care less what blacks or liberal whites might think of her remarks, and this would be logical, if the remarks are being made primarily in an effort to "speak to the base" in Central PA. Of course the Clinton campaign can reject, disavow, etc. in the classic Rove-Atwater manner.