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He spoke eloquently and bravely about race but his remarks about his pastor Jeremiah Wright leave many tough questions unanswered.
  • rebecalouise

    You are exactly right. Much of Hillary's support is extremely soft, of independents who generally vote Republikan, and who will be damned if they would vote for a black guy. You can sense that in many of the die hard Hillary supporters who are passing themselves off as progressives but really spouting recessive rhetoric against the candidacy of Obama. There is not much separating the politics of Hillary from those of McCain and she has a better chance to run with him as his VP. These erstwhile Hillary supporters will go for that. No big loss for Obama anyway. His supporters are solid, well informed and ready for change.