Well we knew this was coming. Notice how the dumb-ass, ill-thought, unlettered (that's a Christopher Hitchens word) fulminations about Barack's lack of blackness have quietly receded to the back, now that he is polling at 60 percent in the black community. I really can't say I'm shocked. More surprising is the Kenyan boy wonder's inability to bring the Southern white folks into the conversation. Yeah I know, I'm an optimist. Forgive me. Next go round, I'll be more cynical.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/01/obama-corners-the-negro-market/5553/
