Usually my coverage of the Democratic primary race has an Edwards-related focus, but this piece by Chuck Todd on Hillary, Obama, and what you can tell about their campaigns by their responses to the Imus situation is too good not to link to. (Or maybe I’m just surprised to see original thought in a MSNBC analysis piece!) Short version: Hillary wants to be known as “the female candidate”; Obama doesn’t want to be known as “the black candidate.”
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