She did NOT "play the race card."
She was responding to a legitimate question from Steve Kroft.
It has been well-known that Alma Powell was dead-set against Colin running for President for fear of his life.
she DID play the race card- she asserted that him being shot at a gas station had to do with him 'being a black man'
I think we all can acknowledge the fear that a black, Presidential candidate may have of being shot BECAUSE of his candidacy. That isn't what the woman said. Presidential candidates don't stand at a pump and pump their own gas.
She may have meant she is afraid because he's a candidate, and if that is true, she is definitely not ready for prime time.
Throwing out that Obama could be shot going to a gas station; is establishing first, that he is a 'walking' victim.
That is a race card; if even a small one. . .it was a stupid comment. . .IMHO.
That said; I doubt she meant it to be; just shows she carries a 'small chip' on her shoulder perhaps; unknowingly. . .unwittingly; it's an attitude. . .just there; naturally. . .
Not to say she is wrong - he could be a victim - but, rather her assuming; because of his skin color. . .that she is right. . .