Reply #26: That's possible.

[casus belli]

But, I think it's more likely that some of the people who have jumped on this have finally been given a convenient out. No one in their right mind is going to comne out and say they won't vote for a candidate because he's black, or because they're a woman, etc. This issue gives the people who were looking for a reason to hate him a reason. If it wasn't this, it would have been any of the sound bites yet to come. Whether latent racism is the reason they're looking for a reason or not is their question to answer, but I wouldn't rule it out.