Limbaugh predicted that racial grievance wouldn’t end with the election of Obama, but would get worse. And the professional racial grievance-mongers, including Gates, Jackson, and Sharpton, do seem to be getting more shrill.

So the claims that we have a post-racial president diminish in credibility as the “race card” is repeatedly played by the White House and its allies in an effort to squelch the opposition.

“You’re a racist if you oppose health care reform” is the most recent manifestation of this. It’s not smart of Obama to personalize controversial public policy issues like this. It actually drives racial polarization, and highlights racial grievance as a claim, not merely of legitimacy, but of supremacy. That’s dangerous.