This kind of gaffe just typifies the Edwards campaign so far, though I wouldn't have expected it from Elizabeth.

The possibility of being the first black or female presidential candidate from a major party is going to get that candidate some extra press. Some of it negative as well (hello pointless endless discussion of cleavage). It's not necessarily a good thing.

As for Elizabeth Edward's comments, let's face it, there's some truth to the statement. Obama's the first viable black candidate, and that is going to get more news coverage. He also has an advantage when it comes to fundraising in the black community.

Clinton, on the other hand, is not reaping the benefits a viable female candidate would normally get, I think in part because the right wing media has spent so much time portraying her as not a real woman.

And Hillary? I'm sympathetic and interested, and surprising myself with my openness to her taking the primary. NO WAY I'm open to what Hillary is offering if she was a man.

\"War may be bad for children and other living things, but there are times when peace is worse for children and other living things, and this is one of those times. Saying no to war in Iraq means saying yes to the continued oppression of the Iraqi people.\\\"

So why don\\\'t we apportion Dan Savage his fair share of the carnage in Iraq? Let\\\'s arbitrarily assign him responsibility for the death of, say, an eight year old Iraqi girl. That sounds about right doesn\\\'t it? That still leaves 649,999 dead Iraqis to be apportioned out to Bush and the neo-cons and other war supporters.

Sanders, I call bullshit: she acknowledged the truth of the situation, which is that the possibility of the first black or first female president is an interesting media narrative, which puts Edwards at a slight disadvantage in terms of coverage.

EE is NOT saying that Obama "only gets press attention because he’s black". It is very very clear that she's not saying that. She's saying that Obama gets SOME press attention because he's black.

If you want to dispute that, then dispute it; but as it is you're simply proving to everyone that your reading comprehension skills stagnated in the fourth grade. It's Fox News-style deliberate miscomprehension, putting words into her mouth to serve your own ends. Bullshit, and shenanigans.

Saying this SHOULD NOT BE MENTIONED is stupid and lame.
Here the truth: in politics, as in life, you get support from your affinity groups. From anyone who feels "thy're like me"!
Edwards being a Southern white male has a smaller affinity group within the Democratic PArty than the others.
This is one reason he wiull lose. Don't fault him for recognizing the obvious and trying to deal with it.

If Obama weren't black, there'd be nothing interesting about him. He's fluff, all rhetoric and inexperience.