i think one of the things is how quiet obama s been on race tlchlt s a study right now out of pennsylvania s political science department that s tracked barack obama s racial rhetoric compared to previous democratic predecessors. he talks about race substantially less. so it s nothing that barack is doing. and rngs again, this is an old issue. the democratic party has been, for the last four years, hasn t won. michael from brown university, political scientists, researcher is really fascinating. thanks so much. actually, you re going to stick around.