Newsweek's Alter Insists: Only Racism Could Prevent President Obama

America’s either racist, or it will elect Obama. So writes Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter, who focuses in his weekly column on imagining the ''horror'' scenario, titled ''Why McCain Won: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory: how that scenario could (but likely won't) play out.'' Alter’s theory in a nutshell: If McCain wins, racism is the answer.

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