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That every one keeps trying to pretend is not there
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:07 EDT
The painful task of measuring racism
The Politico's Roger Simon has a new item that raises a depressing point.
I was talking the other day to a prominent Republican who asked me what I thought John McCain's strongest issues would be in the general election.
Lower taxes and the argument he will be better able to protect America from its enemies, I said.
Republicans have a pretty good track record with those two.
The Republican shook his head. "You're missing the most important one," he said. "Race. McCain runs against Barack Obama and the race vote is worth maybe 15 percent to McCain."
The man I was talking to is not a racist; he was just stating what he believes to be a fact: There is a percentage of the American electorate who will simply not vote for a black person no matter what his qualities or qualifications.
The question is just how big that...
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