Obama Not Able To Close Racial Divide According To New York Times

According to a recent New York Times poll, Senator Barack Obama has been unable to change the vastly different perceptions about race in our country. The basic results of the poll are listed below:

"Nearly 60 percent of black respondents said race relations were generally bad, compared with 34 percent of whites. Four in 10 blacks say that there has been no progress in recent years in eliminating racial discrimination; fewer than 2 in 10 whites say the same thing. And about one-quarter of white respondents said they thought that too much had been made of racial barriers facing black people, while one-half of black respondents said not enough had been made of racial impediments faced by blacks."

The results of the poll could be a pretense to the fall election in determining whether Obama can continue to make gains in the crossover vote, which has been a challenge. Most pundits think that he can win the fall election without Hillary on the ticket, but if polling continues to remain close, he may just need her to to become our next president.