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Once Clinton went to mode of throwing the kitchen sink at Obama, the contest, which had been quite clean for a presidential race, shifted to a nastier tone. Her surrogates did what I most feared, they interjected race into the campaign. Undoubtedly Senator Obama is correct, this country needs to have a dialogue about race, this has really not occurred since the civil rights era. But I don't think the heat of a political campaign provides the optimum environment for this discussion. However Senator Obama's address in Philadelphia was a brilliant exception, and I hope everyone hears or reads it. I am a white woman of the Reverend Wright's generation and I empathize with his remarks from the pulpit. Whenever we inject stereotypes of any kind the truth tends to get lost. I hope Senator Clinton gets back on track, she is a danger to her party if she does not reform her campaign.
