I think I rather spend 5 yrs in the Hanoi Hilton than listen to Rush and watch Fox News......
Your definition of logic comes into question when Rt Wing Talk, Blog, and News Media plays into the hands of its target audience.
Race, matter of fact does come into play in deep rooted Red States in the South, Appalachian Mtn corridor, and Central and Upper Mid Western white heavily majority states. Just listen to one night of Fox talk radio on satelite radio with Liberal Host Alan Combs and listen to all the bigots on radio grafitti at the end of the show....
Its obvious Obama is not heading towards socialist utopia, so relax. He's forming a more centralist gov't to unite our bi-partisonship that Bush and Co so successfully accomplished. Another legacy BVush can be proud of. So lets get real, Obama will not keep everybody happy, mostly those on the far left and the far right. So why don't we chill and see how this transition plays out...