CHARLES BARKLEY, REGISTERED INDEPENDENT, SUPPORTS OBAMA: Well, I think all these polls are pretty much useless. I mean nobody is actually going to know what is going to happen until they get in those booths. I think, obviously, everybody is trying to ignore the race factor. Race is there. It's really important. It's really significant.
You know, people don't want to -- you know, Barack is trying to talk about the economy, the war in Iraq, health care, the educational system. But the only way, realistically, Senator McCain can win this race is he makes it about race and makes people afraid of Barack Obama.
KING: Oh, so you think there are people who are just going to walk in and vote against Obama purely because he's black?
BARKLEY: Oh, no question about that.