racial atmosphere takes a turn towards 1963. The Kennedys, Lyndon Johnson, even Harry Truman with desegregating the military - they all had to step up on the issue of racism and accept the political costs in order to do the right thing.

I can see how this particular situation could become too much of a one-on-one confrontation, but the president's silence on the wingnuttery that is sweeping the country cannot continue. Sure, standing up righteously for anti-racism may piss off the feckless MSM, Faux News and the Ben Nelson sympathizers on DU, but that's the price of leadership. We're certainly not going to get it from the rank and file elected Dems unless the President leads the way.