MB Civic

By E. J. Dionne | Tuesday, August 5, 2008 | The Washington Post

“…Like it or not, Obama’s race is an issue, just as John F. Kennedy’s religion was an issue in 1960 — and racism runs deeper in our history than anti-Catholicism.

There is no doubt that two keys to this election are: How many white and Latino votes will Obama lose because of his race that a white Democrat would have won? And how much will African American turnout grow, given the opportunity to elect our nation’s first black president?….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080401826_pf.html