The Democratic Party's White Male Problem

The New York Daily News reports:

If white male Democrats like Mondale, Dukakis, Gore and Kerry have been unable to win white male voters in sufficient numbers, what can we expect when the Democratic contender is either a woman or an African-American?

So, for the sake of the Democratic Party's electoral chances and its two historic candidates, two things must occur immediately. One, the racial and gender pitch of the last week must be ratcheted down. No Democrat can win a "racialized" or "genderized" general election. Identity obsession might work in the primaries, but it is off-putting in the general election.

Interesting.