Because He's Black....

It just irks me this keeps being part of the cycle of "think." You have people who will vote for Romney because he's white. You have people who will vote Democrat because they'll never vote Republican...and visa-verse. Latino's voting for Latino's and. Women for Women and so on.

BUT...there are quite a bit of voters who legitimately take the time to know who's on the ballot, their thoughts, previous and past record as it pertains to policies and voting...and make their decision based on that alone. Towing party, racial, gender, or sexual orientation line isn't a primary concern. It's who can do the best job.

I highly doubt someone like Colin Powell deferred his choice, ultimately, based on race. While I could buy the logic, if it was about some of my next door neighbors who are Romney wing nuts no matter what, Powell's got his shit a bit more together and the bigger picture is more of a concern.

Romney's camp could of severed ties with ole Johnny boy as a surrogate anytime they wanted. They keep him around because he says what they want to say, but can't for appearances sake. "Well yea, he's a surrogate, but he's a hard one to control, ya know? *wink,wink*"