during the obama presidential campaign when right wing radio talk show hosts were talking about there will be reparations for slavery if you elect this man president they were ginning up their audiences about all sorts of possibilities for reverse racism and don't you try to apply for a job in the federal government if there's a black president. these same radio talk show hosts wanted people to vote for the republican candidate for president. which they will presumably want again in 2012. they presumably want voters to vote for republicans this fall. much of this talk is designed to work electorally against democrats, isn't it? >> absolutely. the focal point is barack obama, the first african-american president. it's designed to weaken him, to weaken his political position and that of his party. the thing is, lawrence, it's not ineffective. if you look at -- there's one