...and that is suggestions that, if Americans don't embrace Barack Obama, well, it must be because of racial prejudice and "bias." Exhibit A today: Maureen Dowd (who else?) in the NY Times:
"Can Obama overcome his pride and Hyde Park hauteur and win America over? Can America overcome its prejudice to elect the first black president? And can it move past its biases to figure out if Obama’s supposed conceit is really just the protective shield and defense mechanism of someone who grew up half white and half black, a perpetual outsider whose father deserted him and whose mother, while loving, sometimes did so as well?"
She tries to cover herself by inserting some mild criticism of Obama in there as well. But her overall point is clear. And remember this fundamental: there are plenty of reasons to vote against Senator Obama. They have to do with his positions, not his race. We'll continue to outline those here...
