125 MILLION WHITE AMERICANS ARE RACIST. New York Times “editorialist” Frank Rich believes that “opposition to the new health care legislation is driven by racial animus.”

And yet Obama’s approval rating has changed 24 percentage points with whites since his election. His race has not changed.

Much more here. Money quote: “We are saddled by ideologues mired in partisanship, practiced in deception, and blinded by their own hatred.”