“Another argument is that there is a form of projection going on (the Dems are the real racists projecting their true feelings on Republicans, conservatives, libertarians, etc.), but I don’t really buy that.”

You should reconsider that Roger – look at this link:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131238

Yep, nearly twice as many Democrats as Republicans blame “da Jooos” for the economic crisis despite the fact that the vast majority of Jews vote Democrat. My own suspicion is that it is not as quite as high as the 78% that is bandied about but there is no question it is a large majority. It drives me nuts that my fellow Jews do not understand this.