Geraldine: The Devil Making Her Spew Racist, Sexist Charges?

"Ferraro remarks on Obama decried" from AP reports that racial remarks made by former Democrat VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro, a Clinton fundraiser, about Senator Barack Obama have received varying degrees of criticism and/or opprobrium from other Democrats - depending on their degree of alliance to either candidate. 

Ferraro told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif.: "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

"Clinton responds mildly to Ferraro race comments" from Political Punch reports that, given Ferraro being a Clinton fundraiser, Hillary gave a perfunctory scolding on the issue.

Not surprisingly, Obama chief strategist David Axelrod was more incensed:

"The bottom line is this, when you wink and nod at offensive statements, you're really sending a signal to your supporters that anything goes," Axelrod said in a conference call with reporters on Tuesday.

"There's no other way to send a serious signal that you want to police the tone of this campaign," he added. "And if you don't do those things then you are simply adding to the growing compendium of evidence that you really are encouraging that."