Excellent observations, Mr. Kaus. The Obama camp is trying to pay back for the "monster" comment by Samantha Powers last week by going full bore against Geraldine Ferraro's truthful statement of fact. A rookie politician like Obama, if white, would have dropped out of the race by now. Her comment was a "800 pound gorilla in the living room" or "the Emperor has no clothes" kind of comment. Everyone knows that it's true. Some just prefer to use it as a cudgel against the Clinton campaign as payback for the Samantha Powers resignation. Finally, here's what I would like to tell Mr. Andrew Sullivan: If "rebranding America" to impress Islamist terrorists is what this country needs then we'd best elect a full blooded Muslim as POTUS. Such a person's face would thrill the world of Islam to no end. They'd throw down their weapons and rejoice all over the world. Yeah, right...dream on. The idea that electing someone based on their "face" appeal to the rest of the world is a mound of equine excrement, Mr. Sullivan.