Assuming Sen. Barack Obama wins the Democratic presidential nomination, the talk now turns to how will he fare in the general election against not only against the presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain, but also against the Republican attack machine. That machine went into high gear against Vice President Al Gore in 2000 and Sen. Jon Kerry in 2004; mounting vicious personal attacks that pretty much undermined the credibility of both men. This is standard fare in the Republican Party's playbook but in Obama they will being facing an usual candidate whose appeal demolishes conventional thinking and who is remarkably adept at deflecting attacks. But the wild card is the issue of race. The question applies equally to Obama and the Republican party: will race be an asset or a liability?
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