On Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, race, the Clintons

An interesting e-mail:

But in this case, why shouldn't [[Ferraro raise the issue of Obama's race and whether it has been a benefit to him]? Ignoring it is like ignoring the 800-lb. gorilla in the room (in Illinois using that term could probably be ticketed for "disturbing the peace"). Obama himself wants to have a conversation about race, so why should this be off-limits? And the Clintons? It occurs to me that this generation's preoccupation with them is like a mirror image of my parents' generation's preoccupation with Richard Nixon. Next to Obama, Hillary suddenly doesn't seem like the she-devil.