Oh those looming racists at Fox News and the Republican-friendly super-PACs. They just might try to play the race card against President Obama. But not to worry! It would only backfire against them.
So suggested Washington Post reporter Nia-Malika Henderson, appearing on this weekend's edition of the Chris Matthews show. Henderson assured viewers that if the Super PACs and Fox News "hint at that sort of [racial] language", there will be a "blowback" among independents and women. Chris Matthews was quick to chime in, adding that women are more devoted to "fairness" than men. View the video after the jump.
NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON: I think in some ways, the way race might play a role, and I think you [co-panelist Kathleen Parker] are right: people who don't like Barack Obama because he's black or because he's "the other", they're not going to support him. And I think if Super PACs, if Fox News, if they sort of hint at that sort of language, I think it's going to turn independents off from Republicans. I think that's the danger that Republicans and people from the far-right playing --
CHRIS MATTHEWS: -- There'll be a blowback
HENDERSON: --it's going to be a blowback, because a lot of people, women especially I think, they do take some pride in this idea that their kids are growing up in this country with an African-American president.
MATTHEWS: It's so interesting how the gender thing works. I think there's a fairness thing for women, too.
