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So now it's a race race?

Sad ... very, very sad ...

Are you still being surprised by them? It's strange how they accumulate that much votes. Very strange. To us foreigners it just seem like a tragic comedy.

Tragic to foreigners?! ! Us yanks have to endure this first-hand! THAT is the tragedy.

Yeah, I'm sorry. Bad way of expressing myself. Though it seems very strange to us looking at this from the outside. The phenomenon. You people are living with it, in your own country. You should know more of the answers.

American politics is completely alienating to me.

Once the top candidates receive their party's nominations, the circus really begins. It doesn't end until the winner is sworn in.

Once a candidate is sworn in, he or she automatically joins the American Re-Election Party, and any previous party affiliations become a joke.

At least the Brits have Her Royal Majesty & Family to keep them entertained.

(Yes ... I've seen Kate's pictures ... she's cute, but I don't see what the fuss is about ...)

I think there's an important question underlying all of this.

Why is it a race race?

It seems clear that some voters--not just in the United States, but the world over--make electoral choices that are grounded in their demography. Whether it is the votes of women, GLBTs, religious groups or racial groups, people see a personal stake in the outcome of a vote, because at least one of the parties is viewed as inimical to the interests of their tribe.

The rhetoric of "special rights," "the 99%," "war on women," all serve to polarize the electorate. We are sliced and diced a hundred different ways, but we can only make one choice on our ballot.

And ultimately, I think it is insulting. It supposes that voters are too ill-informed, too stupid or too lazy to make a choice based on a complex of national interests, and are confined to voting only on their individual interests.

Given that women can still vote, and that white women vote in large numbers, it is NOT a 'race race.' Men are not the sum total of 'whiteness,' such as it exists.

What the Rs are losing is people who have not traditionally been in socioeconomic positions of power.

It's always been about race. Racism propagates from the far right and the far left.

I think its the GOP's way of coming out and saying "look we aren't interested in what you black people think"

Finally a bit of honesty if nothing else.