That ad is race baiting, sure, but nationally Obama has had to kiss a lot of white ass, especially in the wake of "pastor gate." With most of the country being white and the default voting style being "from the gut" he doesn't have much choice.
When I'm imprisoned as an enemy combatant, will you blog about it?[ Parent ]
I disagree, though, that this is new phase for Obama. He was promising Dems to bring in the black vote as early as January of this year, well before having explain the irrelevant rantings of Wright to the scandal hungry media.
I'm just trying to point to what I feel is a double standard. When Clinton calls a group of female voters the backbone of her campaign (and they are, women have strongly supported her campaign throughout), she's playing slimy identity politics. When Obama overtly appeals to the race of black voters, he's "got no choice."
I don't see the difference.[ Parent ]
Curiously, when asked during the same period, Americans of both political persuasions thought they noticed Obama got overwhelmingly more press, a vast majority of it positive. I don't know what to make of that. Suggests an interesting split between what the media coverage & spin and the public opinion it supposedly shapes.[ Parent ]
