Obama admits he needs to woo white working class
When Fox News started running a clock, displaying how long it had been since Barack Obama agreed to be interviewed by them, it was only a matter of time before he acquiesced - lest he be portrayed by team Hillary as "running away from debates".
In the interview Obama says he has to do more to win over white working class voters whilst simultaneously insisting that race is not going to be an issue in this campaign.
All in all, Obama managed to survive the Fox News interview unscathed.Speaking on Fox, Obama said: "Is race still a factor in our society? Yes. I don't think anybody would deny that. Is that going to be the determining factor in a general election? No, because I'm absolutely confident that the American people - what they're looking for is somebody who can solve their problems."
Obama said he had won many such voters in other states and once a Democratic nominee had been decided, those voters would back the party's candidate.
"I am confident that when you come to a general election, and we are having a debate about the future of this country - how are we going to lower gas prices, how are we going to deal with job losses, how are we going to focus on energy independence - that those are voters who I will be able to appeal to," he said. "If I lose, it won't be because of race. It will be because ... I made mistakes on the campaign trail, I wasn't communicating effectively my plans in terms of helping them in their everyday lives."
As Obama rightly points out, it's a highly "selective memory" which says that he can't win in predominately white states as he has already won in Idaho and Colorado.
And it's nice to see him turn on McCain rather than Clinton. On tax for instance he reminds us that McCain once said the tax cuts "offended his conscience", tax cuts which he now wants to make permanent for America's richest citizens and corporations at a time of war. Obama will, rightly, point out that McCain - rather than being a maverick - is actually a man who will do and say anything to please the Republican base. There's no principle there, McCain is a man who will sell his soul for the presidency.
Hillary has spent most of her campaign telling us that McCain has passed the litmus test to become Commander in Chief and that Obama has not. How refreshing to listen to a Democrat spend his time and effort discrediting his opponent rather than his Democratic rival.
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