The Race Card and Political Suicide

I'd expected someone to eventually try to smear Obama with the "affirmative action" charge; i.e., as the latest Clinton gunslinger says, he got where he got because of his race. (The laughter you hear is that of every African-American person in the U.S.; blacks in the U.S. get to where they are in spite of their race, not because of it. If Obama were white, he'd be the nominee now.)

What I didn't expect is for Hillary to be the one to sling this particular bit of mud. And I'm curious as to how Hillary expects to win the general election while alienating one of the largest voting blocks that has stuck by the Democratic party in times good and bad. Maybe she figures that demonizing minorities of all stripes - illegal immigrants, gay people, even strong women - has worked for Republicans, so it might work for her. It's as though she's forgotten that there's already a Republican in the race.

Never underestimate the power of a Democrat to self-destruct. Or spend tens of thousands on hookers. Or gay masseusses. Or hit on underage males. No, wait, those are Republicans ...