Reply #36: I feel the following point needs to be made

[Tom Rinaldo]

Members of DU have not let a single possibly racially tinged reference made by a Clinton supporter ever get forgotten. If the accusation is that calling attention to Obama being Black is meant to hurt Obama, and that Clinton camp comments were made for that purpose, why on earth does a political bulletin board such as this (let alone the media) insist on keeping each and every one of those comments alive for weeks or months in sharp political focus, well beyond their natural shelf life?

I don't think the reason is to hurt Obama. I think the reason is to hurt Clinton. So it is just a different angle on playing the race card as they say. It is using whatever material is at hand to score political points against an opponent in the primaries - even if that means race must remain at the center of the political debate, which is what Clinton is damned by many for supposedly wanting to make happen.