| Sumario: | Race is playing a convoluted role in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, with the battle between Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama proving peculiarly unpleasant. Perversely, Obama has become the beneficiary of the country's racist history while Clinton has fallen foul of its sexism. Whichever of the duo stands against John McCain can expect negative campaigning by the Republican Party in the run-up to the November 4 vote. Obama will be condemned for his inexperience and for making things up in his memoirs, while Clinton will be criticized for being a “strident” woman who inexplicably remained married to the Republicans' arch enemy, Bill Clinton.
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