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OK, I’m probably going to piss off some of our Loyal Readers, here, but I have to say this. Jeff Fecke over at Shakesville nails it:

I am truly frustrated with both sides in this struggle for the Democratic party’s nomination. I should not be surprised, of course; we have the first viable female candidate and the first viable person of color running against each other. And while it would be nice if everything was positive and happy and upbeat, sadly we seem bent on playing the more-oppressed-than-thou game, where Geraldine Ferraro comes out and says Obama is where he is because he’s an African-American, and where Wright forgets that Clinton may not have had to overcome racism, but she’s surely had to overcome sexism.

The idea that Clinton–wink, wink–makes room for the racists, and there’s a place–nudge, nudge–for sexists in Obama’s camp is repugnant. It’s simply inverted identity politics. We need the candidates to show some leadership and stop allowing their supporters to play Oppression Olympics.

Read the whole thing.

Update: TalkingPointsMemo reports that the two candidates have spoken privately and agreed to rein in their trash-talking supporters, for the sake of the party. Good on them.