1.0 link 92374 <![CDATA[Why Obama's Speech on Race Was Such a Political Home Run]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/why-obamas-speech-on-race_b_92374.html Barack Obama's March 18th speech on race in America was game-changing, and very likely will be remembered as historic. Here's why.

In electoral politics -- particularly presidential politics -- people don't vote based on the issues or positions of the candidates. They vote based on their assessment of the qualities of the candidate. Their votes have much more to do with their assessment of candidate character than on 10 point programs.

The videos of the sermons delivered by Barack...

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