Interesting observation from Ben Smith:
An Obama supporter, who canvassed for the candidate in the working-class, white Philadelphia neighborhood of Fishtown recently, sends over an account that, in various forms, I've heard a lot in recent weeks.I think there are a whole lot of people in this country who have varying degrees of racist feelings- looking down on those black kids on the subway, that sort of thing- but will nonetheless vote for Obama, rationalizing that he's "one of the good ones." I'm not saying I defend that formulation, but it's out there, and not just in Fishtown."What's crazy is this," he writes. "I was blown away by the outright racism, but these folks are f***ing undecided. They would call him a n----r and mention how they don't know what to do because of the economy."