OpEd: Reflection: So Little Time: So Many Victims;or Reflections on "A President Like My Father";

Last week, right in the middle of a holiday celebration for Martin Luther King, our presidential politics headed for the rocks in a sideshow of debate of who was the bigger victim, who was the better friend of the disenfranchised, who was the (insert your favorite preference here.)

Right after Bill Clinton had raised his voice in rebuke, right after some gentle folks in the Democratic Party had politely told Bill to "Shut UP", it seemed as though just when the patient was near death, there was a CPR or shock event that brought everyone to their senses:

Caroline Kennedy shot the cannonball across the bow with her article in the New York Times: This campaign will be about the NEW and not about the OLD. It will be about HOPE and a future that will utilize the skills that the current generation of leaders has shown that they do NOT have. It will be different. It will not be about being the better or more qualified victim. It will be beyond gender and race.

Or will it? Stay tuned.