NATCHEZ — Vandals have added one more sign to the collection of Sen. Barack Obama slogans in the window of the Democratic Party Headquarters — “Obama Sucks.”

Obama supporters working at the local headquarters found the phrase spray-painted on the outside window at their St. Catherine Street location.

Secretary of the Adams County Democratic Party Beverly Merrill said she was at headquarters for at least 30 minutes before she noticed the graffiti.

“I thought, ‘That’s not our paint’,” Merrill said. “But I knew it was graffiti.”

The windows of the party’s building are heavily decorated with campaign slogans and signs, and the graffiti is not easily noticeable.

In spotty red letters the phrase “Obama Sucks,” is above what looks to be the word “Suck” in black spray-paint.

Judging by the barely legible nature of the wording, Merrill estimated the vandal, or vandals, was either running out of paint or scared off.

“I was taught to respect other’s people’s property,” she said. “I really don’t know why someone would do this.”

While Merrill said she believed the vandalism to be either a prank or an act of racism, she’s inclined to believe it’s a prank.

Fellow campaigner Barbara Dixon said her husband recently spotted a teenage girl get out of her vehicle to steal an Obama sign from a yard.

Dixon and Merrill said they believe both incidents could be related.

Dixon said in the past weeks approximately 20 people have reported their Obama signs have been stolen.

“It takes a narrow-minded person to do something like this,” Dixon said, looking at the graffiti.

And Merrill has just one question for the perpetrator — why?

“How would you feel if that had been spray-painted across your parent’s house?” she said.