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[Jedi Guy]

22. It's certainly not classy, that's for sure.

Calling a white male a "white boy" has a certain derogatory connotation to it, but it's not as loaded as calling a black man a "boy". The connotation there is very much uglier. Neither is classy, though, for sure. She could have made her point in a better way.

That said, I get her frustration, to a point. At the same time, I feel her choice of target is misplaced. The reality is that the electorate isn't likely to widely embrace a minority candidate at this moment in time. Yeah yeah, Obama won twice, but Obama is the kind of candidate who comes along once in a generation and whose appeal is difficult or impossible to replicate.

It's not the Democratic Party's fault that this is the reality we're operating in, and refusing to recognize that reality undermines our ability to change things. We can't advance our agenda if we can't win, and we can't win if we're not putting up candidates suited to the reality of the electorate.

It's unfortunate, but no less true for that. It's really just that simple. In another 10-20 years things might be different, but right now this is where we are.