This Is Not About Race

This Is Not About Race

Some of Barack Obama's political and media allies are having a hard time coming to grips with what motivates his opponents -- or understanding why their offensive has been so effective.

They seem to have even a harder time fashioning counterarguments to respond to the complaints being voiced by so many Americans who are unhappy with many of the president's policies and proposals on health care, energy, spending, taxes and the economy.

So some of them have stooped to one of the dirtiest attack lines in their political arsenal: That his...