The Clintons Hit Obama Hard

I find it quite amusing that all of the sudden the Democrats and their mainstream media find themselves in the very uncomfortable position of arguing about race. And the Clintons are gearing up for a bare knuckles brawl to take down Obama.

Hillary Clinton sat placidly by while her surrogate, Bob Johnson, founder and owner of BET Entertainment, drove the attack. Mr. Johnson made thinly veiled references to Barack Obama's youthful drug use. Then he dropped the hammer and suggested that Senator Obama was acting like Sidney Poitier, a clear insinuation that Obama is not "black enough".

It was not unlike when Hillary stood by smiling while the wife of Yasser Arafat spewed the most vile anti-Israel venom. Hillary's explanation that time was that was that she does not understand Arabic and so she did not realize what was being said. I don't think that explanation will work with Bob Johnson's comments. He made them in English, which I believe Hillary understands.

Now the Clinton and Obama camps have declared a truce - for now. Truce or no, it certainly makes for an entertaining spectator sport. The mainstream media may be giving Obama a pass but the Clintons clearly are not. Senator Obama makes the Democratic machine uncomfortable. He is a young, successful, black politician that is not beholden to the Democratic machine like other black Democratic leaders such as Charlie Rangel and John Lewis who owe their careers and power to the party.