Race in the Democratic Primaries

It’s the talk of the day, after Clinton adviser Geraldine Ferraro made the following repulsive comments: If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position,” she told Farber. “And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept. Obama is who he is and ‘what if’ stories are meaningless, as Ezra Klein writes . Ferraro, on the other hand, thinks that it the Obama campaign is set out to destroy her, and that it are they who are racist by making a ‘fuzz’ about her comments. Clinton has said she disagrees with Ferraro, but doesn’t want to denounce her. I think MSNBC-anchor Keith Olbermann is right that Clinton is wrong and should really do something about this, and do it soon. [Through Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish ]