A Fun Counterfactual

[Isaac] I'll try to write something on this subject soon, but a friend poses the following counterfactual which readers might enjoy discussing in the comments section:

If David Axelrod had run Hillary's campaign, and Mark Penn had run Obama's, a) would the outcome have been different and b) would we have had a very different understanding about the role gender and race play in this country? I think the answer to b) is definitely yes and to a) is perhaps yes.

See also Ta-Nehisi's post from earlier.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/05/a-fun-counterfactual/45093/