It finally comes out. . .

Even as Obama pulls ahead in almost all National polls this week, and McCain struggles to get the upper hand on the economy after a week of missteps and flip-flops in the face of a faltering financial system, The Associated Press drops a bomb sure to light up the political pundits.
A snippet: "Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks — many calling them "lazy," "violent" or responsible for their own troubles. The poll, conducted with Stanford University, suggests that the percentage of voters who may turn away from Obama because of his race could easily be larger than the final difference between the candidates in 2004 — about two and one-half percentage points."
Politico already has a companion piece here.
This could be bad news for the Obama campaign, but is probably something they've anticipated, and their voter registration efforts reflect their knowledge about these statistics and is shown by their unprecedented efforts to register and increase voter turnout amongst younger voters, black voters, and Latino voters, all groups where Obama holds huge margins in all reliable polling.
Mostly the bad news for Obama will probably be that these statistics will be hashed and rehashed by the media, bringing the subject of race and racism to the front of the media narrative, something the Obama campaign has avoided througout the campaign.