Of course Graham is playing the racist card. Next to robbing the country blind for their special interest bosses, racism is what ultra conservatives do best. It’s no coincidence the media singled out Hillary and Bill "for special treatment": ridiculing and distorting their every phrase, their every move. Sadly, Rove and his minions are fully aware many Americans would never vote Democratic because Obama is their candidate, preferring this recessionary/inflationary economy over a black president. Neo con racism was alive and well in Florida in 2000 when the Bushie Attorney General disenfranchised tens of thousands of minorities. In America, racism is an ugly fact of life.

I am glad to see that black journalists are finally speaking out on something that has been obvious to me for some time--the clear racist subtext in the McCain campaign. Robinson is a seasoned political reporter and commentator, and is eminently qualified to "deconstruct" the messages McCain and his surrogates are offering up. The one thing that surprised me were the poll numbers he quoted. The ones I've heard show a much closer race. Though these seem to be from a much more targeted demographic, it's one Obama has not traditionally done well in and I'd be interested to know if it's shifted and why.