OH PLEASE – AT 12:31 P.M. ET:  President Obama is in church today.  He's speaking at a black church in Washington, with TV coverage.   Presumably, it's about Haiti. 

Oh, come on.  Now, really.  The man hasn't been in a church, to my recollection, since inauguration day.  Look, I hate to sound cynical, but let's be cynical.  This isn't about Haiti, although I don't doubt the president's devotion.  This is about Massachusetts.  Those images are beamed to the minority community in Boston, and the message is plain:  Get out and vote for my ally on Tuesday.

Our first post this morning reported the race card already being played blatantly in Massachusetts.  This is phase two.  Phase three comes when the president flies to Boston later today.  Phase four comes tomorrow, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  It's the way ethnic politics is played. 

January 17, 2010