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Posted at 2:24pm on Apr. 24, 2008 America is not ready to elect a black President!

A Brit gives Barry an excuse for a November loss.

By Mark Kilmer

America is not ready to elect a black President, or so a major daily tells us. Could this be the New York Times making a last-minute push for Hillary? Maybe the Philadelphia Inquirer making early excuses for Barry?

Nah. That sentiment comes to us from those who'd know: the venerable Times of London. In the UK, no less.

The outcome [in Pennsylvania] seemed to be precisely calibrated by the gods to maximise the agony of the Democrats. It gave Hillary Clinton just the support she needed to stay firmly in contention, but not quite enough to turn the tide in her favour.

Worse still, this result underlined the fear that senior Democrats have long been aware of, but have never dared to express in public: America may not yet be ready to elect a black President.

That's from Anatole Kaletsky, described by the broadsheet as "[o]ne of the country's leading commentators on economics." Not on America. Not on sociology. Not on political science. Nope, he's a Brit who writes about the economy.

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