Days before the South Carolina Presidential Primary, the Clinton campaign, Bill Clinton to be more precise, went on an offensive against Barack Obama. Because of their tactics, the Clinton campaign was accused of playing the race card. Many were appalled, including Senator Ted Kennedy which resulted in his endorsement of Obama.

Of all people, why would President Clinton, the champion of minority causes, would resort to this type of strategy.  I can only come up with one reason. The reason is that it is the only strategy that will stick and beat Obama.

Obama is smart, charismatic, and new. He has what America is looking for and need. The Clintons know this. Unfortunately for them they did not realize it until it was too late. Hillary’s invincibilty disappeared when the actual campaigning and voting started. They were caught with a dillema, how to defeat a clean, charismatic, and fresh candidate.

The only plausible solution, divide and conquer. Of course, nothing can divide America as quickly as the issue of race.

If you examine the results in South Carolina and Florida (even though Florida did not count) the Democrats overwhelmingly voted along the racial lines. Now with Edwards about to drop out of the race, his white supporters will most likely back Hillary.

I cannot wait for Super Tuesday so that I can see whether my theory holds water. I hope that I can be proven wrong so that I can dismiss this as one of my crazy notions or as one of my students put it, “that I am thinking too much way out of the box.”