rights, see outright discrimination behind white southerners' opposition to the president.

Landrieu herself, perhaps hoping to drive up enthusiasm among black voters ahead of the runoff, has nodded at that possibility. "I'll be very, very honest with you. The South has not always been the friendliest place for African Americans," she told NBC News in an interview in November. "It's been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a very positive light as a leader."

Black argued, though, that the opposition to the president has less to do with his race and more to do with his agenda.

"There may be a little bit of that," he said of the possibility that white voters oppose Obama because of his race, "but that is a much smaller part ofCHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. – Police arrested a former Chesterfield County Public Schools clinic aide accused of stealing a student's medication. Caitlin Poytress, 39, was charged with three counts of child endangerment, possession of a schedule II drug, possession with intent to distribute a schedule III drug, possession with intent to distribute a schedule IV drug, and three counts of petit larceny.

"At about 2:42 p.m. on May 21, police received a call from a parent of a Clover Hill Elementary School student who reported that her child's medication had been stolen at school," a Chesterfield Police spokesperson said. "Upon further investigation, it was discovered that Caitlin Poytress, while a clinic aide at the school, had been stealing Adderall prescribed to students and replacing it with over-the-counter medication."

Poytress was booked