"...the history of race that runs across America's history like a scar, and I think it goes a long way to explaining the difference in how the two have been treated. (I also think the Clinton campaign will turn out to have been an influential force in lessening this distinction.)"

If anything, I think that Sen. Clinton's campaign raised racist arguments only previously heard at the edges of modern racial denegration: That somehow an educated African American was an "elitist" and disconnected from not only the needs and aspirations of other, more common African Americans, but was less aware of and even dismissive of the needs of working class whites.

I fail to see how a female educated at Yale, who then entered into professional and political circles of power and presitge was more connected to the needs of the middle class/working class/minorities (white, hispanic, or black) than a Harvard educated African American who spent his professional career as a community activist, local and state representative, and U.S. Senator, talkiing to those very constituents and representing their aspirations and needs.

I don't criticise Sen. Clinton's representation of her own positions. Rather, I strongly criticise her characterisation of Sen. Obama and his biography, resume, and positions.