Barack Obama: “I can’t tell who I’m running against sometimes.”

The gloves are off.

If Obama must defend his campaign on two fronts, then it is only fair to make the former first couple understand he will not take it lying down. If you listen to the crowd reaction, I think there are many who agree with his position.

Also,Bryan at Hot Air has posted other videos of this debate. Check out this one in which the discussion turns to Bill Clinton being the first Black President.

I wholeheartedly agree with him when he writes this about that portion of the debate:

It’s sad that Bill Clinton was given the designation of being the country’s first black president. He’s not black. It’s weird that I have to point that out, but it’s true. When this country finally does elect a black president, he or she will have been robbed of some of their achievement by this nonsense about Clinton. Clinton didn’t deserve the distinction and he did everything to disgrace the office, which hopefully no one who follows him will emulate. So as I said, it’s sad that Toni Morrison gave Clinton that particular designation because, among other things, Barack Obama had to answer tonight’s inane question about it. He can’t just answer straight up “No” without running the risk of coming off as churlish or divisive. So he does the best he can with what is basically an insulting question.

Let me just add that the Mrs. Clinton’s answer at the end of the clip of “I think that can be arranged,” may have come off cute to some, but if I were African American I would take that as a slap. That answer indicates that she somehow believes her former Oval Office co- occupant indeed deserves this distinction.