Race In the Election

Dave Weigel says Obama’s poll numbers were higher than George W. Bush’s or Bill Clinton’s were at that point in the political cycle because of race, supporting this claim with “ninety-two percent of black voters want to re-elect Obama, as do 66 percent of Hispanics."

I'm not sure about you, but that's approaching a 45 degree angle there. Does this mean race has everything to do with it? Maybe it does, because I remember people being so hyped up over how this is a historical event because of his race. But wait, this chart was in an article from last year, before the election even started. maybe there's no more race talk by now. WRONG.
John Sununu during CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" made the suggestion that Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama was based on his race.
The next day President Obama rejected the suggestion, saying that scenario "doesn't make much sense." and that he would let the endorsement and positive assessment of Obama's economic policies "stand for themselves." Sununu later made a statement that said "I respect the endorsement decision he made and I do not doubt that it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies."