This comment was regarded as so objectionable that Ms. Ferraro subsequently resigned her fund raising post in the Clinton campaign, and  her comment was compared by Senator Obama in his "A More Perfect Union" to the widely publicized remarks made by his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.  (Obama said, "We can dismiss Reverend Wright as a crank or a demagogue, just as some have dismissed Geraldine Ferraro, in the aftermath of her recent statements, as harboring some deep-seated racial bias."  Ms. Ferraro objected to the comparison.)

Now, let's cut to John Kerry, one of Senator Obama's supporters, and hear what he has to offer on the role of race in regard to Obama's superior qualifications as a candidate.