No, it's not that, GG... It was Jessie Jackson's history that made race a part of the campaign... It wasn't anything that Jessie did overtly but somehting that he carried with him by default... That is what I meant and that is why Jessie was a large target than Obama is today...

Yeah, I'll admit that it took Jessie's run to clear the way for Obama to run the campaign he is running today but for look back at '88 and say that the playing field in terms of race was the same then as it is today is, IMO, inaccurate...

Call it bagage if you like but Jessie was carrying it whetehr he wanted it or not...

B~