Pulitzer Laureate Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post offers an Election Day pre-emptive strike to demean the coming rejection of Democrats as racist. The Pulitzer committee has a lot of sins to answer for.The first African-American president takes office, and almost immediately we see the birth of a big, passionate national movement - overwhelmingly white and lavishly funded - that tries its best to delegitimize that president, seeks to thwart his every initiative and manages to bring the discredited and moribund opposition party roaring back to life. Coincidence? (snip)First, I'll state the obvious: It's not racist to criticize President Obama, it's not racist to have conservative views, and it's not racist to join the Tea Party. But there's something about the nature and tone of the most vitriolic attacks on the president that I believe is distinctive - and difficult to explain without asking whether race is playing a role.It must be painful to see progressive ideas implemented...(Read Full Post)