I'm afraid this is just step 3 on the twelve-point plan to marginalize Mr. Obama as a 'black candidate'. They've carefully baited him into speaking directly on race although the voters don't seem to give a flying flip about the subject. The constant pounding about race will start to lead casual moderate voters into seeing him as a standard liberal Democrat hack, and will send some scurrying to either vote for McCain or stay home.

With any luck, Karl Rove won't even have to lob his first grenade, the Democrats have found a way to implode.