Word, Daihashi. There's still lots more division in voter turnout than there ought to be. It's sad but true. Twenty-three percent of respondents today in an ABC News/Washington Post poll said race is gong to make a difference in this election decision. It's probably much much more, but we won't know the truth about that till after the election.

Not sure why this was brought up now on something Obama said nearly a year ago 'cause there's no story to it other than an attempted spin. He was simply saying he'll get more black voters out. That's true, and I hope he does, too. Black voters have historically been under-represented in elections. I assume because they've not felt much connection to the historically white candidates. If McCain were to say that about whites, it wouldn't be any more or less racist (or un-racist) or any more of a story with which to cast him in a negative light. It'd just be him saying he could get more of his constituency out. Except that in McCain's case, his constituency, which looks like me, middle-aged and white, has always been the demographic that votes more than anyone else.