It drives me nuts that liberals, now smelling their looming ascendancy, are engaging in the kind of spiteful, counterproductive political games that led the Republicans down the long path to blatant corruption and incompetence in the first place.

Two points I’d like to add – first, the constant witch-hunt for racism is going to backlash. Obama himself has spoken about white resentment, a real and to a limited extent justified feeling. His campaign has been pretty good about skirting the line, but the rest of the left is thinking tactically instead of strategically (as usual).

Second, I’ve been watching this campaign (all sides) for months and months now, and the single seriously racist comment I have heard from any of the major players was Clinton’s Jackson comment in S.C. By hyperventillating over perceived-but-not-really-there racism now, we dilute our ability to combat genuine racism should it appear later in the campaign. By snuffling around like a pig rooting truffles and presenting every clod of dirt which might have a shred or fiber buried deep, deep within, we risk outrage-fatigue amongst the general populace when/if the right actually crosses the line, deliberately or not.

Just Stop, indeed.