Democrats can't stop race-baiting conservatives

Other Democrats, not as constrained by the office they hold, are more outspoken about what they see as the racism aimed at Obama.

“We think all of it is!” exclaimed Gwen Dawkins, a Democratic activist from Michigan and retired state employee when asked to what degree the fervent opposition to Obama was driven by his skin color.

Dawkins also touched on a common, if mostly privately-held, frustration in the African-American community—that with exceptional difficulties at home and abroad, Obama is bearing a significantly heavier burden than most presidents and his naysayers would prefer him to founder so as to validate their fears about a black president.

“Black people have lived under white presidents since day one,” Dawkins observed, “So would you give him a chance?”