Comment from Amos N. Handy
Time: June 17, 2008, 7:33 pm

McCain can pull off a win by merely doing what Republicans have been doing for the last three decades — winning the south and most of the west. Unless the African-American and/or youth turnout jumps by more than 30% from the 2004 vote totals, McCain should win every state in the south, including Florida. A clean sweep of the southern states would give McCain 132 electoral votes. Toss in Texas and he’s at 166.

Comment from Max
Time: June 18, 2008, 4:55 am

The terrible thing is that there are still so many people in America that think this way. My wife saw it, she is Japanese, she asked me if an Asian/American runs for President will it be called the Yellow House?

However, the good thing is, We now have a very serious candidate of mixed racial background, one of two men who are fighting it out to be President.

So all is not gloom, we can make progress.

Comment from timr
Time: June 19, 2008, 10:07 am

I am glad that you found a link to this. When I read the story in my local paper, I could not find a link. I called my local papers editor about why the mention of that button was in the last para of the story, with no context. He told me that he will try and get hold of the reporter and find out what the context was. See my comment on Josh’s open thread further down for more context