Chris Matthews: Isn't the Political Pundit Class Going to Rally To Stop People From Voting Out Our First Black President?

The actual question Matthews asked is, "Is there going to be a reluctance on the part of the voters, and the political community that talks politics, as we get into November, about dumping the first African President, the first African-American President? Is that going to be something that just ratchets people -- Waaait a minute here, this guy's gonna knock out the first guy that ever got aboard?"

Some people could ask this question neutrally, as in, simply, "Will this happen?" (Answer: It's already happening.)

Matthews asks it as in, "When are the people not on MSNBC going to be more overt in their support of Obama?"

Bernie Goldberg:

Liberals, many of them, not all of them, but many of them are obsessed with race. They see everything through a filter of race. So in 2008 there were articles that said, if Barack Obama loses, there is only one reason: racism in America. Now there's a suggestion if he's not reelected, it could be -- right -- because of racism in America.

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posted by Ace at 10:46 AM

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