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Is Obama too black, too tall, too elite, or too famous for American voters? Is McCain too old, too balding, too much maverick, too cancer prone for American voters? I suppose if voters really need these and other burning questions answered, questions that I doubt people asked themselves until pudits told them it mattered to them, then we deserve the worst democracy our electorate gives us.
Is it possible that Obama and McCain are tied in the polls because no one is seriously reporting on them? Or that the news media still believe that reporting rumor and innuendo are legitimate to the process of electing a president?
Instead of worrying about polls and hand-wringing analysis about whether race is a factor, perhaps we first need answers as to why those questions are even being asked of us to consider.
A real discussion about race is needed in this country, but why are we being asked to consider it in this context? Show me the proof that I need to be concerned with these questions.
