electability silliness

clinton's recent position, which nyt's bob herbert calls "He can’t win! Don’t you understand? He’s black! He’s black!" is not only offensive, it's silly. i don't know what the actual numbers are, but see if you don't agree:

are there really enough voting, non-conservative, non-chauvinist racists out there to make him unelectable?

think about it:

don't the majority of these people lean to the right? aren't they more likely to be under the gop umbrella, not likely to vote for any liberal or progressive? if so their vote is not "lost" because of race. paint obama white (or substitute hrc) and they still wouldn't vote dem.

of the ones who are left, how many of these people would vote for a woman? as commander in chief, remember.

eliminate the ones who talk a lot but don't actually vote.

compare what's left with the number of independents and republicans who thought mccain looked pretty good until they saw obama, plus all the shiny new voters, and the argument that he's unelectable falls apart completely.