Letters to the Editor: Feb. 4, 2011

Being African American helped Obama get elected Re: “Democrats’ race baiting gets in the way of civil discussion,” Feb. 3

Gregory Kane was right to criticize liberal Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., for claiming that Democrats got trounced in the 2010 elections because voters “don’t want to be governed by an African-American.” If there were any truth to that, voters would never have elected President Obama in the first place. Indeed, as Kane notes, Obama’s race “helped him get elected president.”