Melissa Harris-Lacewell: Obama's Small Town Values
Speakers at the Republican National Convention talked a lot about small-town values. They told America that a man from Chicago could not relate to the homegrown ethics of ordinary people. I know better. Barack Obama was my state senator. Right in the middle of that Senate district is my beloved small town, Hyde Park. There is no small town that knows more about sacrifice, honesty, hard work, community and patriotism.
Sophia A. Nelson: If Obama Loses
Pollsters insist that while "race is a factor" in this campaign, they have not been able to accurately measure its impact. Many black Americans are holding their collective breath, hoping that the most stubborn of American issues will not be the thing that keeps Obama out of the White House. I suspect that many white Americans are, too.
Jelani Cobb: Obama and the Suicidal Left
Perhaps the most biting irony is a kind of reverse affirmative action, where Obama seems to face a higher bar for support than the white candidates who preceded him. The Congressional Black Caucus and black progressives asked virtually nothing from Kerry (at least not publicly) and not much more from Gore, yet a former civil rights attorney who has litigated employment and voting discrimination cases has to pass a "good faith" test.
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