I take back what i said about Bill hurting his wife's campaign. With his constant jabbing, he finally managed to hit a nerve.
South Carolina could have been the worst thing to happen to the Obama camp, because the veil has finally been lifted from the eyes of so many Americans swept up by this "breath of fresh air" campaign". It seems that...oh my god...Obama is black!
Bill Clinton threw the line and Obama took the bait. What was once perceived as a colorblind campaign has become anything but that in the eyes of most Americans. Sure, Obama took South Carolina, but he did it with the black vote. Worst of all, by even engaging the Clinton Machine in this ridiculous race debate, he has finally been pegged as the black candidate.
It's unfortunate, but to a certain extent the bigots are right. The idiots among them now equate Obama with Al Sharpton, but the smarter ones realize that if Obama is the next president, Al Sharpton is going to be the first one knocking on his door. Deep down, most Americans are still racist, so for Obama it's a conundrum that he can't possibly avoid, and it's a shame too.
Time will tell if Bill Clinton's strategy pays off, but the most crucial X-factor in US elections seems to be the fragile (fickle?) American psyche, and South Carolina has likely thrown it out of whack for many Obama supporters.
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