Victor David Hanson has an illuminating article in the NRO about the Left’s new strategy of blaming the rising opposition to Obama’s health insurance plan- and concomitantly sinking poll numbers- on racism. He argues through the absurdity of these allegations and also asks why, during the Bush years, did the Left not label the opposition to Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, and Alberto Gonzalez as racist.
I agree that these allegations of racism are just tactical insertions of the race issue into a non-racial debate on national policies. There are certainly those fringe groups of American society who will always dislike the idea of having a black president, but it’s not as though Obama’s approval ratings have dropped because ordinary Americans have suddenly upped their preferences for racial hatred. Here are some data on Obama’s slipping approval ratings as well as American’s growing skepticism of the benefits of Obamacare. Also, check out this article where Eric Cantor discusses 5 real reasons why ordinary Americans oppose Obamacare.
