One of the blogs I’m checking obsessively these days is Nate Silver’s excellent poll data site www.FiveThirtyEight.com. In addition to fascinating analysis (and detailed critiques of other polling sites) he peppers his blog with a number of anecdotal election stories. This recent post from a caller in Virginia caught my eye:

Last week, Julie Hensley made one of her thousands of phone calls on behalf of Barack Obama. A woman answered. As Hensley ran through her short script, the husband impatiently broke in.

“Ma’am, we’re voting for the n***er.” And hung up.

NOTE: Be sure to check out the final twist to this story at the bottom of the post.

I think this story says a lot about how Obama is winning over folks who otherwise are racist. In troubled times like these, the “content of his character” really is more important than the color of his skin.

We’ve gone down a lot of bad roads in this country, but we are growing up. I see this election very much as a generational shift, from the politics/ideals of the past to those of the future.

UPDATE: More on “Racists for Obama”