Gergen: “Obama’s Blackness May Cost Him As Much As Six Points”
His Marxism might cost him six too. Hard to say David. You keep beating the Americans-are-racist drum. I will keep beating the Americans-are-Americans drum. These idiots were just bathing in the racism tub last night. From NewsBusters.
ANDERSON COOPER: But if you look at the CNN poll which Campbell Brown just told us about the short time ago, on the economy, Obama 59 percent and McCain 36 percent. David Gergen, do you agree with John King and James Carville that if those numbers continue it’s basically game over?
DAVID GERGEN: I think it’s too early to declare victory Anderson, because Barack Obama is black. And until we play out the issue of race in this country, I don’t think we’ll know and maybe unless — late in the campaign.
COOPER: Do you think that despite the lead in the polls, people might change their minds once they’re actually in the voting booth?
GERGEN: I’m not sure the polls are totally believable, I think there’s — there maybe built in. Over the years there’s a study now that’s come out of Stanford University and Associate Press along with Yahoo, saying that is — that his blackness may cost him as much as six points I think he’s in a commanding position coming out of this second debate. Having won two, having done as well as he has, I think he’s established in the public’s mind now that he is certainly as qualified to be president as John McCain.
And that’s a — and he’s come a long way in this and I think it’s much more sure-footed, he’s very presidential tonight. But we don’t know what the race factor in America now. I think until this plays; it could close on this before it’s over.
Not to be outdone, James Carville hints that if Obama loses, there just might be cause to riot.
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