I think Geraldine Ferraro is perfectly capable of thinking for herself, and I don't think she intended her remarks to be racists. It's certainly beneficial for Obama supporters to try to frame them that way, but she was simply trying to state the situation as she saw it.
                If this same thing would have come up a few years ago, Ferraro would have had no public support, but the concept of being able to shut your opponent up by simple calling him/her a racists is finally falling by the wayside.
                Personally, I'll be happy to see this ploy gone from the American political scene forever.