Race is likely to become an issue in this campaign the reporter shows how it bringing up race damaged a candidate in Massachusetts . Using multiple sources he makes his point.

This story is largly immaterial, as they imply, the peripheral attack organizations that work hand in glove, while officialy uninvolved will do their hatchet work with impunity. It's a republican art form, although the dems do it also.

Well written and informative. The author traces the narrative of several "race-related" political issues from various campaigns and gives a fairly broad selection of outsider opinion about them. The author also goes out of their way to underscore McCain's early promise to run a "respectful campaign" and to ignore the Wright controversy. One last tangent: the early links associated with each candidate's name, connecting to previous articles related to them, was a great way to provide a bevy of earlier discussion. This may be common on other internet journals - I don't know - but I hope to see more of it.

Yes, it is damn good journalism. It explores in-depth the issue of race and the potential of it being abused in this election cycle. McCain, therefore, has to be vigilant not only against overt race-baiting, but above all, the implied ones, since these toy with the unspoken prejudices of people.