Really, *what* race issue?!
I like all the Demo frontrunners, but I'm getting a little tired of the demonizing of Hillary and/or Bill Clinton...for, of all things, "injecting race" into the campaign?!
Oh, give me a break! while Obama carefully positions himself above the fray (somewhere between a pedestal and a halo), his surrogates have been all over TV, asserting that they are shocked -- outraged! that anyone would mention race.
Excuse me. Isn't that one reason Barak Obama has ignited such excitement? Yes, he's a mesmerizing orator and charismatic campaigner and a savvy politician -- but hasn't the media been trumpeting for months now that Barak Obama is the first African-American candidate with a real shot at the White House?
Ever since before the Iowa caucus I'd been reading/hearing the endless analysis about how South Carolina's black voters would probably vote for Obama.
And heck, why shouldn't they? I don't think it means they are voting "against" Clinton, any more than women who vote for her are "against" Obama. When there are very small differences among the Democratic candidates on the issues, people will tend to vote for someone they can identify most with -- the younger black man, the boomer white woman, the populist white guy.
That isn't a sign of a yawning racial divide, except when the media tries to make it one, and the credulous believe them.
Oh, give me a break! while Obama carefully positions himself above the fray (somewhere between a pedestal and a halo), his surrogates have been all over TV, asserting that they are shocked -- outraged! that anyone would mention race.
Excuse me. Isn't that one reason Barak Obama has ignited such excitement? Yes, he's a mesmerizing orator and charismatic campaigner and a savvy politician -- but hasn't the media been trumpeting for months now that Barak Obama is the first African-American candidate with a real shot at the White House?
Ever since before the Iowa caucus I'd been reading/hearing the endless analysis about how South Carolina's black voters would probably vote for Obama.
And heck, why shouldn't they? I don't think it means they are voting "against" Clinton, any more than women who vote for her are "against" Obama. When there are very small differences among the Democratic candidates on the issues, people will tend to vote for someone they can identify most with -- the younger black man, the boomer white woman, the populist white guy.
That isn't a sign of a yawning racial divide, except when the media tries to make it one, and the credulous believe them.
posted by Antares at 6:05 PM
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