A reader makes an excellent point:
A little patronizing, but a sign of how our defaults have changed. Cain's race is not a hallmark issue, and that's great.It occurred to me last tonight that there is a silver lining in the Cain scandals and the appalling reaction on the right. Yes, we have an entire party - in fact, the effective majority governing party of the last 40 years - dismissing sexual harassment as a concept, much less a problem. But. We also have a black man who stands credibly accused of serial sexual predation against unwilling white women, and the older, whiter, Southern portion of our body politic doesn't have a problem with that. In a way, that reflects breathtaking progress on the racial front for America.