As horrible a campaigner and as uneven a politician as McCain is, this example shows why he still has a chance. Blacks can marginalize themselves by separating themselves to a degree Hispanics would never do. Obama, to overcome this hurdle has to address this sort of foolishness in the most critical terms. If he ignores it, he risks having a significant proportion of the voting public walk into the voting booth, holding their noses, voting McCain.
“Blacks can marginalize themselves by separating themselves to a degree Hispanics would never do.”
Did you see pictures of the immigration demonstratins in LA and other places last year? Mexican flags all over, and hardly one (or not one) US flag. And what about the move to construct a Hispanic homeland, Aztlan, in the US southwest?