Calling out candidates who don't directly address issues important to blacks isn't charging racism

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

54. "Had he bussed in POC how would that have looked?"

And that's the key. Had he deliberately 'salted' the crowd with PoC, Republicans would have found out and had a field day. It would have undone his basic honesty and painted him as exactly the same sort of manipulative hypocrite as so many other potential candidates for President in 2016. Quite possibly it could have been the kiss of death for his campaign, as it would be endlessly droned on about by RWers like Scarborough.

What could he have done? Not held his kickoff campaign in Vermont if he absolutely had to have the appropriate mix for the optics, but in some major city like New York. And that too would have been dishonest, because it's not who he is. Sure he was born in Brooklyn, but he'd essentially be playing the carpetbagger, since he's been a Vermonter for so long. He's not the kind of guy who simply chooses which Senate seat he'll run for based on it 'happening' to include Wall Street. He's a proud Vermonter, so of course he was going to kick off his campaign in Burlington, even if that meant the crowd would be overwhelmingly white for that one event.