More on "the browning of America"
In re Obama, with or without Richardson as running mate...
I was talking to Jody last weekend about why I support Obama, and a realization took me: Most of the rest of the world is 'brown', in varying shades. How much better would the US look in their eyes if our President looked like them?
Yeah, I know... it's kind-of playing the race card. But the psychology can't be ignored. Obviously, the behavior of our nation on the world stage will change for the better regardless of which Democrat is elected -- and, as many of us have felt compelled to repeat in the last (nearly) seven years, it's our actions, not our words, that speak the loudest. Even so, symbols are important -- that is, when they actually mean something.