Democratic Party

Our Hip Black Friend

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Anonymous Clinton Adviser:

"If you have a social need, you're with Hillary," the aide said. "If you want Obama to be your imaginary hip black friend and you're young and you have no social needs, then he's cool."

If there are any Senator Clinton supporters or staffers reading this, drop into the comments and please assure us that this trend isn't a strategy. Seriously. The Clinton campaign has been more than a little creepy since Iowa, but this statement here is -- I don't know what to call it other than what it is. It rhymes with "race baiting".

(And for the record, I defended Senator Clinton against a similarly awful remark yesterday.)