Comments on: Time To Move Beyond "The Bradley Effect?"

CBS News' Kathy Frankovic: Perhaps It's Time To Finally End Our Obsession With Race And Polls

[citizen08]

Exactly, many are voting for Obama (whites) based on a kind of guilt rather than competence. It will be the first example of affirmative action gone awry at the Presidential level. Mediocracy in this case will rule America, and America will be mediocre.

[checkthepast]

99% of blacks are voting for Obama, while 50 some percent of whtes may. Is that racism on the part of blacks?
Posted by citizen08

Of course it is, and read this...

I believe deep down in my heart that we need to stand up on behalf of the nation and repent for how we''ve historically treated minorities.
Posted by angeljoymom

So some are voting from a self inflicted guilt complex.... If they would give the office of president on that basis then perhaps they should give their job away as well. Just find an unemployed person of a different race and introduce them to their boss and then walk away. That will make it all better!!!

[checkthepast]

What''''s the big deal here? Are we afraid of a little tan?
Posted by russellessur

Color is irrelevant to ability. In this case lack of ability to do anything but talk a good game is the concern.

[citizen08]

99% of blacks are voting for Obama, while 50 some percent of whtes may. Is that racism on the part of blacks?

[ybotheratall]

Posted by smurfcrusher at 07:46 AM Yes, that''s all well and fine and the general opinion is to finally move beyond all this childish nonsense. However, the reality is that most people don''t want to let it go. My uncle is in his 70s and has vivid photos of segregation from his military service in the 50s in America''s south. We are barely socially removed from legally prohibited interracial relationships, segregated food counters and water fountains. In the not too distant past, whites didn''t even want to sit with blacks on a bus. Now, everyone is all hunky-dory with the whole integration thing and there''s no prejudice left? Yeah right.

People are just as prejudice as they were back then, they just hide it better. Every time you hear about a racial discrimination suit for someone being fire, blacks are crying that they were fired for the color of their skin. It''s a cop out for those who cannot accept the fact they were fired because they were incompetent. Racial tensions are perpetuated by an immature and far from creative media who are spoonfed their spew and rhetoric that we eat from troughs every day.

Try turning off your TV and getting out there and really seeing how much racial divides still exist very strongly in our culture. I stopped letting the media decide my issues for me years ago, turned off the TV and started forming my own opinions. Polls? I can''t believe ANYONE pays any attention whatsoever to those wasted efforts. Try thinking for yourselves.

[citizen08]

The Democrats claim to be in support of the middle class but only the Reagan Republicans (of which McCain is one) truly supported the middle class by getting government off the backs of the people. Remember, government is not going to fix the problem...government IS the problem. Try telling that to Biden, Pelosi and Harry Reid, and don''t tell me those pathetic socialists, including Obama, have the American middle class or American worker in mind! Less government is the answer and only McCain is talking about that. Do you all want to be government workers and receive the health care version of your local post office from Obama??? Stop asking for Government to give unto you if you are Americans, and do something yourself and remain free.

[citizen08]

Sorry people, this is about race only to the extent that Barack Obama would never have had a chance in this election if he were a white guy with the same (lack of any) experience or consistent record. If someone criticizes him on these issues, they are labeled by his campaign and the media as "racist."

[smurfcrusher]

I agree that the obsession with race is an unhealthy one, and only perpetuates racial tensions unnecessarily.

We are better than this, people.

[vcofreason]

Obama isn''t black, so this is a non-story. I could see if he was black, but he''s not. He''s of mixed race, just like most Americans are (I''m Italian and French).

[russellessur]

It''s a little known fact that if you are drawing all the American presidents in history for a school project, when you get to number 44, your pink crayon will be a nub, and you''ll need to choose a different color anyway. Just coincidence, you may say?

What''s the big deal here? Are we afraid of a little tan? Britain''s prime minister is Brown, fer cryin'' out loud.