From the WP: "Will They Play the Race Card?'

This is written by an AA journalist at the Washington Post and hopefully will serve as a
cautionary tale to the fierce justifiers of the Clintons racial insensitivity. Byline 01/13/08

"I'm scared for Barack Obama, but not for the same reasons that many other black voters are. While the possibility of a crazed gunman coming after him does worry me, my real fear is grounded in something more probable -- that Hillary Clinton, after her less-than-stellar showing in Iowa and her close call in New Hampshire, will now go straight for Obama's jugular. Race, whether used subtly or as a blunt weapon, will undoubtedly be a factor."

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In reference to MLK remark:

"What was Clinton thinking? King's name is sacrosanct in most black households, and for poor and struggling blacks whose lives have yet to reflect King's ideals, "hope" is more than just a notion. Clinton managed to insult a beloved black leader in her eager attempt to insult a rising black leader."

"Last August, while speaking to a gathering of black columnists, Clinton quipped that she was "in an interracial marriage." It was a cute allusion to the now common joke about her husband being America's first black president. I rolled my eyes nonetheless. One of the columnists characterized her speech "as shameless pandering." For me it was just another example of how, on the one hand, Clinton tries to give the impression that she really gets black people and, on the other, covertly uses race to undermine the credibility of the only black candidate running for the Democratic nomination."

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"My generation of black voters is politically savvy and well educated. We couldn't care less about outdated notions of party loyalty. We are not our grandmothers, and no amount of candidate appearances at black churches is going to influence how we vote. We will certainly not sit back and allow Democratic candidates, or Republicans for that matter, to engage in Willie Horton-style tactics, even if the tactics are Willie Horton lite."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/11/AR2008011103281.html

Now they're blaming Obama for starting it.

I think they messed up big time. I don't understand how they could not realize how this would play. Nothing they can do now, but fan the flame or put out the fire. Either way they own it.

Isn't that their "political genius?" They are turning this into blame the victim. Look, look he started it.
Lots of her supporters here sure are willing to sign on to this charade.

I think their real objective is to drag the primary contest down to Clinton's normal level of attack politics to
effectively mute Obama's message of hope and inspiration.

Obama comes with his own baggage.