The first woman to become a vice-presidential candidate has stepped down from her role on Hillary Clinton's campaign.
She is caught up in controversy after making a factual statement about the Obama campaign's use of colour as a drawing card in this campaign. The facts speak for themselves. She said, " "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position". She says her comments were taken out of context.
Obama sort of confirmed the validity of the comments when he told ABC news that he did not consider that being black had given him a huge advantage, but nor was it a disadvantage.
The fact is that black voters have voted in a block and that has given the only African American in this race a huge advantage. Ferraro said what many are thinking and was absolutely right. This campaign continues to racially divide the Democrats.
Obama also said, ""I think that if anybody was looking for the quickest path to the presidency, they would not say 'I want to be an African-American man named Barack Obama'. I agree with him, but it does help in the Democratic nomination process.
Obama currently leads the fight for delegates with 1,596 to Mrs Clinton's 1,484. For the record, Obama has won more white states than black.
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