So for the duration of the campaign, Obama almost entirely avoided discussing race–which was part of his charm. It wasn’t that Obama had found a new way to talk about race, or that he had moved beyond race – he just didn’t touch it. And this created the perception that we had an African-American candidate running for office unencumbered by the extremely difficult and complex issues of race in America. But with the unfolding of the Pastor Disaster, Obama has been forced to engage on these issues. It turns out, he is no more comfortable speaking about them than the rest of us, and he is just as likely to put his foot in his mouth. Here is the clip, via Powerline, of Obama talking about his “throw grandma under the bus” moment in Tuesday’s speech:
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